Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

beautician

American  
[byoo-tish-uhn] / bjuˈtɪʃ ən /

noun

  • beauticians
    plural
  1. a person trained to style and dress the hair; hairdresser.

  2. a manager or an employee of a beauty salon.


beautician British  
/ bjuːˈtɪʃən /

noun

  1. a person who works in or manages a beauty salon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of beautician

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; beaut(y) + -ician


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Like many of her fellow volunteers, Hungarian beautician Krisztina Menczel sat idle in the past elections that kept nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban in power.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

He didn’t see the beautician in the week leading up to this game, however, because his mom was in town and therefore he didn’t have the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2026

The beautician disclosed the house call to the club’s human resources team, one of the former employees said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

Employees sent on house calls, like the 18-year-old beautician, were typically licensed by the state boards of cosmetology or massage therapy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

It was Betty Lou, the beautician from the beauty emporium, and I could tell she was close to crying.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

"Many beauticians often have a little too much freedom. They think they have learned and, without being surgeons, sometimes perform surgical procedures," Kyrgyz plastic surgeon Iskender Kachkinbayev told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Charities have warned that Scotland is the worst country in Europe for unqualified beauticians injecting customers with cosmetic treatments.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

As a prescriber, she was required under professional rules to meet and examine each patient in person before issuing a prescription, the document that allows beauticians on the high street to inject.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

She sat patiently as ardent beauticians prepared her for her formal investiture, a highlight of the three-day festival — or vela — that celebrates muxe culture here every November.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

Her aunt had said brown; the beauticians said black but Violet had never seen a light-skinned person with coal-black eyes.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training