Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One skilled in giving cosmetic treatments.

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  • noun One who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments.

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  • noun someone who works in a beauty parlor

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Examples

  • NOT having a face beautician is probably the best method of promoting heterosexuality!

    Ricky Martin Bisexual? “My Heart Could Belong To A Man Or Woman” 2007

  • Her grooming salon is called "Chez Emile Firecracker" and, after the explosive blow drying, her beautician was a little heavy-handed with the self-tanning cream?

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Her grooming salon is called "Chez Emile Firecracker" and, after the explosive blow drying, her beautician was a little heavy-handed with the self-tanning cream?

    ebouriffe - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • My hairdresser, and my on-call beautician, and my therapist …

    Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010

  • My hairdresser, and my on-call beautician, and my therapist …

    Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010

  • Her grooming salon is called "Chez Emile Firecracker" and, after the explosive blow drying, her beautician was a little heavy-handed with the self-tanning cream?

    ebouriffe - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • I now prefer to call a beautician home rather than visit a salon and uncover my head in the presence of strange women, says Huda.

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Qatari women and camera-fitted mobile phones 2006

  • She had had her nails manicured and polished, her hair washed and styled, and had even called the beautician to give her a facial because she claimed hours and hours of crying had made her look like an old woman.

    Twilight’s Child V.C. ANDREWS 1992

  • She had had her nails manicured and polished, her hair washed and styled, and had even called the beautician to give her a facial because she claimed hours and hours of crying had made her look like an old woman.

    Twilight’s Child V.C. ANDREWS 1992

  • Type 1 often work in occupations full of women, such as beautician and hairstylist; Type 2 usually work in male-dominated professions, such as policeman, truck driver, scientist, engineer, and computer programmer.

    Seth Roberts: Can Professors Say the Truth? 2008

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