as in beautician
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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 cosmetologist
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.
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Patrick A. McLaughlin, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
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, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
Moreover, her catalog assumes a different impact when viewed through the lens of contemplating her as a performer who arrived in Nashville in 1966 as a single mother employed as a cosmetologist who, through dogged determination, achieved unparalleled fame.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Consequently, a cosmetologist can now paint someone’s nails as an independent contractor while a manicurist cannot.
—Tri Ta, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
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Patrick A. McLaughlin, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
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, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
Moreover, her catalog assumes a different impact when viewed through the lens of contemplating her as a performer who arrived in Nashville in 1966 as a single mother employed as a cosmetologist who, through dogged determination, achieved unparalleled fame.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Consequently, a cosmetologist can now paint someone’s nails as an independent contractor while a manicurist cannot.
—Tri Ta, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cosmetologist
Noun
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The daughter of a father who worked as an autoworker and handyman and a mother who worked as a beautician, Cheeks Kilpatrick was a Detroit public schools teacher for almost a decade before entering politics.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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She was inspired to pursue hairstyling as a profession after growing up in the Bay Area, witnessing her mother’s career as a beautician.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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“Cosmetologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosmetologist. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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