cosmetician

[ koz-mi-tish-uhn ]

noun

1. a person who manufactures or sells cosmetics.
2. a person professionally engaged in the application of cosmetics.

cosmetician

/ ˌkɒzmɪˈtɪʃən /

noun

1. a person who makes, sells, or applies cosmetics

Word History and Origins

Origin of cosmetician¹

First recorded in 1925–30; cosmet(ic) + -ician

Example Sentences

Now a cosmetician enters with her pencils and brushes.

From Washington Post

“I am not confident that the pandemic is over,” said Ilana Danino, 59, a cosmetician and caregiver who was still wearing a mask while walking down an almost empty street in the city center.

From Seattle Times

Max Factor was born Maksymilian Faktorowicz in Lodz, then part of Russia, and became the cosmetician for the Imperial Russian Grand Opera before leaving for America.

From New York Times

Loic, who has built an online reputation as a cosmetician and has more than 100,000 followers on Facebook, and Rolland also face charges of public indecency and not carrying identification.

From Reuters

Greene liked to quote Chekhov’s aphorism that a writer is “not a confectioner, not a cosmetician, not an entertainer.”

From New York Times