(obsolete, slang, derogatory) An overdressed shopboy who affects the airs and graces of a gentleman.

Alternative form of barber pole

(archaic, idiomatic) A standing pole and two wash-balls, historically used outside barber's shops.

(medicine) Any of a number of sorts of rashes or skin eruptions in the area of the mustache or beard, caused by fungal or staphylococcal infections or by irritation from shaving.

plural of barber pole

A type of sign indicating a barber's shop, most traditionally a pole with a helix of red and white stripes, in the US including blue, sometimes moving.

(historical) A medical practitioner of medieval Europe, generally charged with looking after soldiers during or after a battle.

plural of barber shop

One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Medicine Lodge.

present participle of barber-chair