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stylist

stylist

21 2.8
A person who cuts hair and makes it look nice
  • noun
  • /ˈstaɪlɪst/
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  • This is Nikki Lee, and she is my hair stylist for many, many years.
  • hair stylist

I'm seeing a new stylist and she nailed my hair color.

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Examples

  • I'm seeing a new stylist and she nailed my hair color.

  • Please welcome friend of the show and celebrity hair stylist Chris Appleton.

  • Hey, coming to you from the top hair stylist of the world, US.

  • So it looks like this hair stylist has cut her own hair.

  • I have a great stylist.

  • Oh, this is your personal hair stylist.

  • Ginger: Well, I have my regular appointment with my stylist tomorrow.

  • Hi, my name is Kamar Brown and I am a protective hair stylist in Los Angeles.

  • You're the best stylist I've ever had.

  • Before her wedding, she went to her stylist for a beautiful updo and makeup.

Synonyms

hairdresser
vsstylist
71 1.0

A person who cuts and styles hair

has the same meaning but is the common neutral term for the profession
hairstylist
vsstylist
12 2.1

A person who cuts and styles hair to make it look nice

is the broad professional name rather than a fashion-focused label
beautician
vsstylist
11 3.4

A person who gives beauty treatments like hair styling and facials

focuses only on cutting, shaping, and beautifying hair
cosmetologist
vsstylist
  • US
3 7.0

A trained and licensed person who cares for hair, skin, and nails to make them look better

is limited to hair-focused services rather than broader cosmetic treatments
coiffeur
vsstylist
1 9.1

A man who cuts and styles hair in a salon

is the general term without highlighting gender or salon type
haircutter
vsstylist
1 1.8

A person who cuts other people's hair for a living

includes styling and beautifying as well as cutting
styler
vsstylist
5.8

A person who cuts and shapes hair as a job

is the standard term covering all cutting and styling work

How Skilled

stylist
  • Literature
4 4.9
stylist
21 2.8
stylist
25 4.1

Surface Forms

stylist singular
stylists plural

Morphology

stylist = style (transparent) = style + ist

Built with the common agentive suffix '-ist' on 'style'; 'person who styles (hair)' follows expected derivation.

Etymology

Stylist comes from style, a word that originally meant 'a way' and later 'fashion', and that goes back to the Latin stylus 'a pointed tool for writing'. So a hair stylist is a person who creates a particular hair 'look' or fashion for you.