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Definition of Stylist
1. Noun. An artist who is a master of a particular style.
2. Noun. Someone who cuts or beautifies hair.
Specialized synonyms: Barber, Coiffeur, Coiffeuse, Tinter
Generic synonyms: Artificer, Artisan, Craftsman, Journeyman
Derivative terms: Hair Style, Style, Style, Style, Style, Style, Style
Definition of Stylist
1. n. One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking; a critic of style.
Definition of Stylist
1. Noun. designer ¹
2. Noun. hairdresser ¹
3. Noun. A writer or speaker distinguished for excellence or individuality of style; one who cultivates, or is a master or critic of, literary style. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stylist
1. one who is a master of a literary or rhetorical style [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stylist
Literary usage of Stylist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cicero: A Sketch of His Life and Works by Hannis Taylor, Mary Lillie Taylor Hunt (1916)
"... of Cicero himself, we have the following escription of his method of preparation
as a stylist in atin prose. He says: In daily notes with my pen ..."
2. John Ruskin: A Sketch of His Life, His Work, and His Opinions, with Personal by Marion Harry Spielmann, John Ruskin (1900)
"AUTHOR, BOOKMAN, AND stylist. It is presumed that most of those who read these
pages are too well informed on Ruskin's work to need any recapitulation of ..."
3. John Ruskin: A Sketch of His Life, His Work, and His Opinions, with Personal by Marion Harry Spielmann, John Ruskin (1900)
"AUTHOR, BOOKMAN, AND stylist. It is presumed that most of those who read these
pages are too well informed on Ruskin's work to need any recapitulation of ..."
4. Literary Criticisms and Other Papers by Horace Binney Wallace (1856)
"... I must say, that as a stylist, as a communicator of thoughts, I prefer the
well-laced sobriety of Bolingbroke to the Persian prodigality of Burke. ..."
5. Horizons: A Book of Criticism by Francis Hackett (1918)
"... A stylist ON TOUR WHEN you speak admiringly of Henry James, the later Henry
James, it is the platitude among a large class to say: " Life is too short. ..."
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