beautician

as in cosmetologist
a person whose job is to give beauty treatments to women by washing and cutting hair, applying makeup, etc.

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Recent Examples of beautician LaFleur has a beautician who comes in to care for residents in her memory care home. Theresa Tamkins, SELF, 21 Feb. 2025 Estimated to be worth around $200 million and accommodating 36 guests, the ample amenities include a cinema, a fully equipped onboard hospital, two full-time beauticians, a business center, and a spa. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024 His mother was a beautician and his father was employed at a local grain elevator, according to an obituary. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 His mother was a beautician, according to family friends, and his father worked at a facility to store grain, according to an obituary of his father. Amy Julia Harris, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for beautician
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Noun
  • So rather than having to pay up front for schooling, cosmetologists and barbers can start earning money quickly and work their way up the ladder.
    Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
  • He’s joined by his mother Katina, a cosmetologist and minister.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • If all that counts is inward essence, what the hell were those teams of makeup artists, coiffeurs, and cinematographers employed by the major studios, in the golden age, doing all day?
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Toussaint, who was literate, socially adroit and a talented fiddler, was apprenticed as a coiffeur and was permitted to keep some of his earnings; Schuyler and her sister-in-law, Eliza Hamilton — the wife of Alexander Hamilton — were among his earliest clients.
    Elizabeth Stone, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024

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“Beautician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beautician. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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