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STYLIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who cuts or beautifies hair

Synonyms:

hairdresser; hairstylist; styler; stylist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

Sense 2

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)

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