styler

style  (stl)

n.

1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing.

2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.

3. Sort; type: a style of furniture.

4. A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style.

5.

a. A comfortable and elegant mode of existence: living in style.

b. A mode of living: the style of the very rich.

6.

a. The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue.

b. A particular fashion: the style of the 1920s. See Synonyms at fashion.

7. A customary manner of presenting printed material, including usage, punctuation, spelling, typography, and arrangement.

8. A form of address; a title.

9.

a. An implement used for etching or engraving.

b. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.

10. The needle of a phonograph.

11. The gnomon of a sundial.

12. Botany The usually slender part of a pistil, situated between the ovary and the stigma.

13. Zoology A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process: a cartilaginous style.

14. Medicine A surgical probing instrument; a stylet.

15. Obsolete A pen.

tr.v. styled, styl·ing, styles

1. To call or name; designate: George VI styled his brother Duke of Windsor.

2. To make consistent with rules of style: style a manuscript.

3. To give style to: style hair.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin stylus, stilus, spike, pointed instrument used for writing, style; see stylus.]

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styler n.

styling n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

styler - someone who cuts or beautifies hair hairdresser, hairstylist, stylist barber - a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade coiffeur - a man hairdresser coiffeuse - a woman hairdresser artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft tinter - a hairdresser who tints hair