decorator
Americannoun
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a person whose profession is the painting and wallpapering of buildings
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a person who decorates
Etymology
Origin of decorator
Explanation
A decorator is a person whose job involves decorating rooms — fixing them up, painting, arranging furniture, and so on. Your uncle might hire a decorator to help him furnish his brand new, fancy vacation home. You can also call a decorator a designer or an interior designer. Skilled decorators are particularly good at combining colors, fabrics, rugs, and furniture styles to make a good-looking space. Even if you're not a professional decorator, you could offer to help a friend decorate her apartment, painting her walls bright orange and sewing fuzzy green pillows for her sofa. Decorator comes from the Latin word decorare, "to adorn, embellish, or beautify."
Vocabulary lists containing decorator
Example Sentences
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Memphis is also popular on the wildest shores of the decorating industry, as witnessed by Sasha Bikoff’s design work for the 46th Annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House in 2018.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021
Decorator Sally Steponkus soon took to calling the monochromatic visual vibe “Marla Blue.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2016
Decorator John Stefanidis, painter James Brown and his wife, Alexandra, jeweler Ileana Makri and others form a loose social skein that shrinks and grows depending on the season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2016
Written by Gillian Newberry, the head of Bennison Fabrics, and published by Rizzoli, the splendid new book Geoffrey Bennison: Master Decorator shines an overdue spotlight on the man and his influential projects.
From Architectural Digest • Apr. 15, 2015
Thus he names a half-penny paper, "The Daily Decorator," and a journalistic peer, "Lord Boom."
From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Bennett, Arnold
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