beautician

noun

beau·​ti·​cian byü-ˈti-shən How to pronounce beautician (audio)
plural beauticians
Synonyms of beauticiannext
: 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.— Deborah Blumenthal

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LaFleur has a beautician who comes in to care for residents in her memory care home. — Theresa Tamkins, SELF, 21 Feb. 2025 Stacey is a gorgeous woman who needs a beautician who won’t have her looking ridiculous. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025 While Bobby is pretty heavy-handed in its message and delivery, any child of the ’90s would consider its standout scene to be the one between Moore’s Virginia and Sharon Stone’s beautician, Miriam. — Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025 The salon had a private area where women with thinning hair could get scalp treatments that included massages from their late beautician sister Carla Taylor and oils formulated by their mother. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for beautician

Word History

Etymology

beauty + -ician

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of beautician was in 1924

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