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Definition of "stylist" [styl•ist]

  • A writer or speaker who cultivates an artful literary style. (noun)
  • A designer of or consultant on styles in decorating, dress, or beauty. (noun)
  • A hairdresser. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stylist" in a sentence
  • "The term 'stylist' is a reviewer-adjective, one that on the surface makes sense, but really has no - cannot - have uniform definition, it just sounds appropriate for some writers, past and present: Valente, Ducornet, Peake among others."
  • "A source told the magazine, "It's very hush-hush," adding the 39-year-old stylist is "telling people she can't travel.""
  • "I'll say it for the record: Helmut Käutner, as an eloquent narrative stylist, is the peer of his contemporaries William Wyler, Frank Borzage, Michael Powell and Vincente Minnelli."