styl ‧ ist /ˈstaɪləst, ˈstaɪlɪst/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ style , ↑ styling , ↑ stylishness , ↑ stylist , ↑ stylistics , ↑ stylization ; adjective : ↑ stylish , ↑ stylistic , ↑ stylized ; adverb : ↑ stylishly , ↑ stylistically ; verb : ↑ style ]
1 . someone who cuts or arranges people’s hair as their job:
Renee was the top stylist at the salon.
2 . someone who has carefully developed a good style of writing
3 . someone who has their own typical way of singing or playing music:
Billie Holiday, one of jazz’s most distinctive stylists
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THESAURUS
▪ hairdresser a person who cuts, washes, and arranges people's hair in particular styles:
I have a hairdresser's appointment this afternoon.
▪ barber a man whose job is to cut men's hair and sometimes to shave them:
How often do you go the barber's?
▪ stylist someone who cuts or arranges people's hair as their job:
Renee was the top stylist at the salon.
▪ beautician someone whose job is to give beauty treatments to your skin, hair etc:
Her beautician told her she had problem skin.