as in cosmetologist
a person whose job is to give beauty treatments to women by washing and cutting hair, applying makeup, etc.
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Recent Examples of beautician
Luxury beautician Erica Beukelman and her team at 10.11 Makeup and Hair were responsible for the bride's updo and soft makeup.
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 17 July 2025
Working as a beautician, drifting between men, and moving through life without clear rhyme or reason, her character is abrasive, unexpected, and revelatory to encounter on screen.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Now relatives in New York and Colombia are mourning the bright entrepreneurial woman who her sister said dreamed of becoming a beautician and sold tamales and empanadas in the neighborhood during summer months.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
In terms of fueling growth, the brand’s primary strategy is teaming with seasoned beauty influencers and beauticians to promote the platform to their audiences on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 17 July 2025
Working as a beautician, drifting between men, and moving through life without clear rhyme or reason, her character is abrasive, unexpected, and revelatory to encounter on screen.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Now relatives in New York and Colombia are mourning the bright entrepreneurial woman who her sister said dreamed of becoming a beautician and sold tamales and empanadas in the neighborhood during summer months.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
In terms of fueling growth, the brand’s primary strategy is teaming with seasoned beauty influencers and beauticians to promote the platform to their audiences on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beautician
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Some of the occupations included in the ranking are barbers, cosmetologists, funeral directors, piping contractors, and real estate appraisers.—
Adam A. Millsap,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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From reducing the number of training hours required to earn a living as a licensed cosmetologist to streamlining housing regulations (estimated to shave $24,000 off the construction cost of a new house and enable construction professionals to work much faster), working people are coming out ahead.—
Patrick A. McLaughlin,
Boston Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
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If all that counts is inward essence, what the hell were those teams of makeup artists, coiffeurs, and cinematographers employed by the major studios, in the golden age, doing all day?—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2024
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Toussaint, who was literate, socially adroit and a talented fiddler, was apprenticed as a coiffeur and was permitted to keep some of his earnings; Schuyler and her sister-in-law, Eliza Hamilton — the wife of Alexander Hamilton — were among his earliest clients.—
Elizabeth Stone,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2024
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“Beautician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beautician. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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