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loctician

loctician noun: a hairdresser who styles the hair into dreadlocks.

Noun

loctician (plural locticians)

  1. A hairdresser who styles the hair into dreadlocks.
    • Consultation with a natural hair specialist or dreadlocks specialist (loctician) is recommended prior to starting the locking process.2016, Crystal Aguh, Ginette A. Okoye, Fundamentals of Ethnic Hair: The Dermatologist's Perspective, page 44
    • Of course, there are more informal ways to get and maintain dreadlocks than to book a more or less professional loctician.2021, Maja Tabea Jerrentrup, A Twisted Style, page 68

Forms of loctician

plurallocticians

Origin of loctician

Blend of locks + beautician.

Questions about loctician

What does loctician mean?
Loctician means a hairdresser who styles the hair into dreadlocks.
What part of speech is loctician?
Loctician is a noun.
What is the plural of loctician?
The plural of loctician is locticians.

Words near loctician in the dictionary

  1. locsiton
  2. locsitonic
  3. locsitons
  4. Locso-on
  5. loctal
  6. loctician
  7. locticians
  8. Loctugan
  9. loculament
  10. loculamentous
  11. loculaments

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