col‧our‧ist British English, colorist American English /ˈkʌlərəst, ˈkʌlərɪst/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: COLOUR/COLOR, COLOURING/COLORING, coloration, COLOURANT/COLORANT, COLOURIST/COLORIST; adjective: COLOURED/COLORED, discoloured/discolored, COLOURFUL/COLORFUL ≠ COLOURLESS/COLORLESS, multicoloured, COLOUR/COLOR; verb: COLOUR/COLOR; adverb: COLOURFULLY/COLORFULLY ≠ COLOURLESSLY/COLORLESSLY]

1. technical a painter who uses colour itself as a subject of a painting

2. someone whose job is to dye people’s hair (=change the colour)

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