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MANICURIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("manicurist" is a kind of...):
beautician; cosmetician (someone who works in a beauty parlor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manicurist"):
parer (a manicurist who trims the fingernails)
Derivation:
manicure (professional care for the hands and fingernails)
manicure (care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.)
manicure (trim carefully and neatly)