cosmetologist

as in beautician
US 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. 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 Budget cuts Parents who want to save some money by cutting their kids’ hair can put away the bowls: The Campbell Express Library is hosting a hairstylist and licensed cosmetologist with over 20 years of experience who will demonstrate how anyone can cut hair. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 22 June 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 See All Example Sentences for cosmetologist
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Noun
  • In recent years, lawmakers approved legislation to require beauticians and hairstylists to undergo training in detecting trafficking signs in their clients.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Noem was also depicted being trailed by a team of beauticians having to reattach her face.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 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
  • 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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