Painter

  • 11painter — painter1 /payn teuhr/, n. 1. an artist who paints pictures. 2. a person who coats walls or other surfaces with paint, esp. as an occupation. 3. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Pictor. [1300 50; PAINT + ER1; r. ME peyntour < AF peintour] painter2 …

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  • 12Painter — This surname, of English origin, is an occupational name for a painter of stained glass, and is derived from the Middle English (1200 1500), Old French peinto(u)r meaning painter . The name dates back to the mid 13th Century (see below). Further&#8230; …

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  • 13painter — Synonyms and related words: Bacon, Bellows, Benton, Botticelli, Boucher, Buffet, Cassatt, Chirico, Constable, Copley, Corot, Correggio, Courbet, Daumier, David, Degas, Delacroix, Dubuffet, Duchamp, Dufy, Eakins, El Greco, Ensor, Feininger, Fra&#8230; …

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  • 14painter — noun 1 person whose job is to paint buildings, walls, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ self employed ▪ house ▪ sign PHRASES ▪ painter and decorator (BrE) …

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  • 15painter — n. 1) a house; sign painter 2) a landscape; portrait painter * * * [ peɪntə] portrait painter sign painter a house a landscape …

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  • 16painter */*/ — UK [ˈpeɪntə(r)] / US [ˈpeɪntər] noun [countable] Word forms painter : singular painter plural painters 1) an artist who paints pictures The gallery is showing the work of abstract painters. 2) someone whose job is to paint walls, doors etc or the …

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  • 17painter — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A house painter] Syn. interior decorator, calciminer, dauber*, paint slinger*; see worker . 2. [An artist] Syn. craftsman, artisan, illustrator, landscapist, portrait painter, miniaturist, draftsman, etcher, sketcher,&#8230; …

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  • 18painter — paint|er [ˈpeıntə US ər] n ↑canvas, ↑easel [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: PAINT2] 1.) someone who paints pictures = ↑artist ▪ Gerry s ambition was to become a portrait painter. 2.) someone whose job is painting houses or other buildings …

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  • 19painter — [[t]pe͟ɪntə(r)[/t]] painters 1) N COUNT A painter is an artist who paints pictures. 2) N COUNT A painter is someone who paints walls, doors, and some other parts of buildings as their job …

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  • 20painter — noun (C) 1 someone who paints pictures; artist: a landscape painter | a portrait painter 2 someone whose job is painting houses, rooms etc 3 a rope for tying a small boat to a ship or to a post on land …

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