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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A painter skilled in achieving special effects with color.
  2. n. A hairdresser who specializes in dyeing hair.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. One of those who upheld the theory that the sensation and phenomena of heat are attributable to a fluid called caloric.
  2. n. One who colors; a painter; especially, when used absolutely, a painter whose works are notable for beauty of color.

Wiktionary

  1. n. One who colors; an artist has a talent for coloring
  2. n. A hairdresser who is a specialist in colouring and tinting hair.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a painter able to achieve special effects with color

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‘colorist’ has been looked up 452 times, added to 4 lists, and has a Scrabble score of 10.