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shampooer

shampooer

2.3
Person or machine that washes hair with shampoo in a salon
  • noun
  • /ʃæmˈpuːər/
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  • Some salons use an automatic shampooer to wash clients' hair quickly and efficiently.

Examples

  • As a new shampooer, she learned the best techniques for massaging the scalp.

  • The shampooer at the salon made sure my hair was clean before the haircut.

  • The shampooer at the salon was very skilled.

  • Can you recommend a good shampooer in this area?

  • The shampooer gently washed my hair while I relaxed in the salon chair.

  • After my haircut, the shampooer massaged my scalp with fragrant shampoo.

  • I always ask the shampooer for extra time during the wash because it feels so good.

Surface Forms

shampooer singular
shampooers plural

Morphology

shampooer = shampoo (transparent) = shampoo + er

Derived by adding the agentive '-er' to 'shampoo', meaning a person or device that performs shampooing; the relation is clear for learners who know 'shampoo'.

Etymology

Shampooer comes from shampoo, which comes from an old Hindi word meaning 'to press' or 'to massage', because washing hair began as a head massage. With the agent -er, shampooer means 'one who shampoos', so it is a person or device that washes hair.