beautician

[ byoo-tish-uhn ]
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noun
  1. a person trained to style and dress the hair; hairdresser. : Compare aesthetician (def. 2).

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

Origin of beautician

1
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; beaut(y) + -ician

Words Nearby beautician

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How to use beautician in a sentence

  • He rose, wheeled a device like an old-fashioned beautician's hair-drier close to the couch, adjusted the helmet to Lindsay's head.

    The Ambassador | Samuel Kimball Merwin
  • It wasn't the beautician's open charges that bothered us, because everyone knew they were just disgruntled.

    Breeder Reaction | Winston Marks

British Dictionary definitions for beautician

beautician

/ (bjuːˈtɪʃən) /


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

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