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beautician

beautician

11 3.4
A person who gives beauty treatments like hair styling and facials
  • noun
  • /bjuˈtɪʃən/
translation icon : esteticista
  • The beautician recommended a new skincare routine to help with my dry skin.
  • beautician and barber
  • beautician or hairdresser
  • beauticians in salons

I, their tax situation we can handle just like we can handle someone who is a beautician because for them, the tax code is almost exactly the same.

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Examples

  • So I decided to try a new beautician.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • It's just a question of going to the right beautician.

  • I also got this from my beautician lady.

  • Put it on for me like professional beautician, OK?

  • I was a beautician before.

  • My mom was a beautician for all of my early years (up through college).

    Blog text (30)
  • Furthermore, I'm a beautician, and I'm good at my job.

  • I am a beautician here in Hannibal, Missouri, and my husband is a janitor in the local high school.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • She's a beautician.

  • Hey, I've got it figured: you're a beautician, so I'll be a barber.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

hairdresser
vsbeautician
71 1.0

A person who cuts and styles hair

adds other salon beauty treatments beyond hair
stylist
vsbeautician
21 2.8

A person who cuts hair and makes it look nice

also includes non-hair beauty tasks like skincare and makeup
hairstylist
vsbeautician
12 2.1

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

means the same but also covers other salon services
cosmetologist
vsbeautician
  • US
3 7.0

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

is salon work that does not stress formal licensing
cosmetician
vsbeautician
1 7.2

A person who gives beauty treatments and applies makeup for other people

offers broader salon services including hair and skincare
esthetician
vsbeautician
  • US
1 8.1

A person who gives beauty treatments like facials and manicures and advises on skin care

also covers hair styling and general cosmetic services
haircutter
vsbeautician
1 1.8

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

includes styling and other beauty treatments beyond cutting
coiffeur
vsbeautician
1 9.1

A man who cuts and styles hair in a salon

is gender-neutral salon worker offering various beauty treatments
styler
vsbeautician
5.8

A person who cuts and shapes hair as a job

is broader salon work including skincare and cosmetic services

How Skilled

specialist
352 3.9
stylist
21 2.8
beautician
11 3.4
assistant
833 1.0
trainee
50 2.4

Surface Forms

beautician singular
beauticians plural

Morphology

beautician = beauty (transparent) = beauty + ician

Clear agentive derivation from 'beauty' with a regular orthographic y→i change before the suffix '-ician', so learners familiar with 'beauty' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Beautician comes from the word beauty plus the ending -ician, which you also see in musician and physician, and that ending means 'someone who works with'. So a beautician is a person who makes people look more attractive by doing hair, skin, and other beauty services.