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ESTHETICIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does esthetician mean?
• ESTHETICIAN (noun)
The noun ESTHETICIAN 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: ESTHETICIAN 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 ("esthetician" 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 ("esthetician" is a kind of...):
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Derivation:
esthetics ((art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art))
Context examples
The time from December 19 to January 3 will be a great time to buy new clothes and find ways to refresh your appearance, for Venus will see to it that you find beautiful wardrobe options and will enjoy the results of experts you hire (hairstylist, esthetician, barber, Botox doctor, and so forth).
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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