STYLIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stylist mean? 

• STYLIST (noun)
  The noun STYLIST has 2 senses:

1. an artist who is a master of a particular style

2. someone who cuts or beautifies hair

  Familiarity information: STYLIST used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STYLIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artist who is a master of a particular style

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("stylist" is a kind of...):

artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)

Derivation:

style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who cuts or beautifies hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hairdresser; hairstylist; styler; stylist

Hypernyms ("stylist" is a kind of...):

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stylist"):

barber (a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade)

coiffeur (a man hairdresser)

coiffeuse (a woman hairdresser)

tinter (a hairdresser who tints hair)

Derivation:

style (how something is done or how it happens)

style (the popular taste at a given time)

style (a particular kind (as to appearance))

style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)

style (make consistent with a certain fashion or style)

 Context examples 

It had been discovered that he was a stylist, with meat under his style.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Talk with your salon stylist about suggesting a new look for your hair.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Buy new clothes and visit your stylist at the salon for suggestions about a new look, and you will welcome the new season ready for fun and love.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)