cornrower

Someone who braids hair into cornrows.

Noun

  1. Someone who braids hair into cornrows.
    • Richelle Braithwait, who worked as a cornrower at Casdulan Hairdressers in Harlem in 1980, expressed disbelief that "white women are paying $300 for a hairstyle on Park Avenue that any child in Harlem can do." - 2000,...

Origin

From cornrow + -er.

Forms

cornrowers