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AESTHETICIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aesthetician mean?
• AESTHETICIAN (noun)
The noun AESTHETICIAN has 2 senses:
1. a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.)
2. a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty
Familiarity information: AESTHETICIAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
aesthetician; esthetician
Hypernyms ("aesthetician" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
aesthetician; esthetician
Hypernyms ("aesthetician" is a kind of...):
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Derivation:
aesthetics ((art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art))
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