hairdressers
USHAIR-dres-erz/ˈhɛɹˌdɹɛsɚz/UKHAIR-dres-uhz/ˈhɛəˌdɹɛsəz/
- 1Plural of hairdresser.
Several hairdressers trained under the same master stylist before opening their own shops.
Local hairdressers raised money for charity by offering free trims all weekend.
Note
A regular plural: the stem stays whole and simply takes -s. The trap is the apostrophe. Hairdressers counts people. Hairdresser's is the possessive of one, and in British usage it can name the salon itself (I'm going to the hairdresser's). Hairdressers' is the possessive of several (the hairdressers' union). All three sound alike when spoken, so only the spelling tells them apart.
hairdressers is a form of hairdresser
hairdresser, noun: A person who cuts or styles hair for a living. Full entry
- Forms
- hairdresserhairdressers plural
- Spelling
- hairdresser → hairdressers: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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