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manicurist
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun manicurist has 1 sense
- manicurist(n = noun.person) - a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails; is a kind of beautician, cosmetician
has particulars: parer
Derived forms noun manicure1, verb manicure2, verb manicure1
CIDE DICTIONARY
manicurist, n. [F., fr. L. manus hand + curare to cure.].
A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their fingernails; -- formerly called a manicure . [PJC]
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