A person who works with hair or is skilled in hair care; a hairdresser or barber.
From Old English 'hær' (hair) + '-en' (agent suffix, one who does). The suffix '-en' evolved from Germanic languages where it marked people who practiced a trade or craft.
This is an archaic or dialectal term that shows how English speakers once used '-en' to create occupational titles, similar to how 'baker' comes from 'bake.' Most trades switched to '-er' or '-ist' over time, which is why we say 'hairdresser' today instead of 'hairen.'
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