noun
Etymology
Origin of cosmetician
First recorded in 1925–30; cosmet(ic) + -ician
Example Sentences
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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
Helen’s glance was evasive, her face expressionless; she could have been holding still for a department store cosmetician.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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