manicurist

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English

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Etymology

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From manicure +‎ -ist.

Noun

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manicurist (plural manicurists)

  1. A person who performs manicures.
    • 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 91:
      Again and again, I watched as manicurists, bowed over a hand or a foot of a client, some young as seven, say, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry,” when they had done nothing wrong.

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