beautician

What it means

1. Someone who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments.

   Near-synonyms: hairstylist, hairdresser

   1 more example

   He was struck by the number of barbers’ saloons and ‘beauticians’.

   1954, Ian Fleming, “Nigger Heaven”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 50

   Synonyms: aesthetician, esthetician, cosmetician, cosmetologist, hairstylist, hairdresser

In a sentence

Near-synonyms: hairstylist, hairdresser

Where it comes from

Blend of beauty + technician, originally coined in Cleveland, Ohio, c. 1920s.