cosmetician orig. and chiefly U.S.
(ˌkɒzmɪˈtɪʃən)
[f. cosmetic a. and n. + -ician.]
An expert in cosmetics; a beautician.
| 1926 Amer. Speech I. 460/2 A Missouri law..speaks of hair-dressers as cosmeticians or cosmetologists. 1930 H. Rubinstein Art of Fem. Beauty i. 21 At the University of Berlin, a famous cosmetician accepted me as a student. 1935 E. E. Cummings Let. 13 June (1969) 143 One of the world's wealthiest professional beautifiers (or cosmeticians, or whatever you call them). 1948 E. Waugh Loved One 38 If there are any special little difficulties in the case you must mention them to our cosmeticians. |