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cosmetician

American  
[koz-mi-tish-uhn] / ˌkɒz mɪˈtɪʃ ən /

noun

  1. a person who manufactures or sells cosmetics.

  2. a person professionally engaged in the application of cosmetics.


cosmetician British  
/ ˌkɒzmɪˈtɪʃən /

noun

  1. a person who makes, sells, or applies cosmetics

"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

Etymology

Origin of cosmetician

First recorded in 1925–30; cosmet(ic) + -ician

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Now a cosmetician enters with her pencils and brushes.

From Washington Post Jan. 19, 2023

Greene liked to quote Chekhov’s aphorism that a writer is “not a confectioner, not a cosmetician, not an entertainer.”

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2020

He was married three times, once to screenwriter Mary Ann Murphy, then to actress Elizabeth Saxon before marrying Gloria Martel, a cosmetician, in 2008.

From Fox News Jul. 26, 2020

A Chicago policeman wants to marry a mortuary cosmetician, but his feisty Irish mother won’t let him.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2019

I’d spent the better part of the day in Alice’s staggeringly vast bathroom, a helpless victim as she played hairdresser and cosmetician.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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