beautician
noun
beau·ti·cian byü-ˈti-shən 
plural beauticians
: a person licensed to provide cosmetic treatments to the hair, skin, and nails : cosmetologist
Although there are no data to prove it, some beauticians hold that the health and physical-fitness boom has sanctioned a concern for the well-being of the body that in the past might have appeared vain and unmasculine.
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Recent Examples on the Web Melinda Willis is a flight attendant-turned-beautician from Brisbane. Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Berkley worked as a beautician for around 40 years, much of that in a salon at the corner of Cedar Road and East 105th Street. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 10 May 2022 Starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur as Justice and Lucky, a beautician with a knack for poetry and the charming postal worker who courts her, the film is Singleton’s only movie with a female protagonist and was written specifically for Jackson. Sonaiya Kelleystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022 In El Salvador, Ingrid Vilorio was a beautician with her own studio. Alex Park, The New Republic, 24 Jan. 2022 The pre-schooler was getting braids inside the apartment of a beautician in the Woodlawn section of the city at around 9 p.m. when gunfire erupted outside. Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 8 Sep. 2021 After being treated for cancer, Helen studied to be a beautician through the Ohio Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation and found part-time work. Mark J. Price, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2020 Contouring was ideal for black-and-white film, a medium of light and shadow, and was used in early Hollywood by makeup artists such as the Polish beautician Max Factor (né Maksymilian Faktorowicz). Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020 Jackson also announced Friday that the city will increase by $2 million its loans for specialized businesses hit particularly hard by the pandemic, including barber shops, beauticians, and restaurants, among others. Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 22 May 2020 See More
Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Berkley worked as a beautician for around 40 years, much of that in a salon at the corner of Cedar Road and East 105th Street. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 10 May 2022 Starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur as Justice and Lucky, a beautician with a knack for poetry and the charming postal worker who courts her, the film is Singleton’s only movie with a female protagonist and was written specifically for Jackson. Sonaiya Kelleystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022 In El Salvador, Ingrid Vilorio was a beautician with her own studio. Alex Park, The New Republic, 24 Jan. 2022 The pre-schooler was getting braids inside the apartment of a beautician in the Woodlawn section of the city at around 9 p.m. when gunfire erupted outside. Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 8 Sep. 2021 After being treated for cancer, Helen studied to be a beautician through the Ohio Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation and found part-time work. Mark J. Price, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2020 Contouring was ideal for black-and-white film, a medium of light and shadow, and was used in early Hollywood by makeup artists such as the Polish beautician Max Factor (né Maksymilian Faktorowicz). Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020 Jackson also announced Friday that the city will increase by $2 million its loans for specialized businesses hit particularly hard by the pandemic, including barber shops, beauticians, and restaurants, among others. Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 22 May 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
beauty + -ician
First Known Use
1924, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
beautician
noun
beau·ti·cian byü-ˈti-shən
: a person who gives beauty treatments (as to skin and hair)
beauticians
noun
as in cosmetologists
a person whose job is to give beauty treatments to women by washing and cutting hair, applying makeup, etc. Synonyms & Similar Words
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