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mar·cel  (mär-sl)

n.

A hairstyle characterized by deep regular waves made by a heated curling iron.

v. mar·celled, mar·cell·ing, mar·cels

v.tr.

To style (the hair) with deep regular waves, using a curling iron.

v.intr.

To make such a hairstyle.

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[After Marcel Grateau (1852-1936), French hairdresser.]

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marcel [mɑːˈsɛl]

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) Also called marcel wave a hairstyle characterized by repeated regular waves, popular in the 1920s

vb -cels, -celling, -celled

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) (tr) to make such waves in (the hair) with special hot irons

[after Marcel Grateau (1852-1936), French hairdresser]

marceller  n

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Marcel (French) [marsɛl]

n

(Biographies / Marcel, Gabriel (Honoré) (1889-1973) M, French, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher, THEATRE: dramatist) Gabriel (Honoré) (gabriɛl). 1889-1973, French Christian existentialist philosopher and dramatist, whose philosophical works include Being and Having (1949) and The Mystery of Being (1951)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	marcel - a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
Verb	1.	marcel - make a marcel in a woman's hair wave - set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"