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delineator

[ dih-lin-ee-ey-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that delineates.
  2. a tailor's pattern that can be adjusted for cutting garments of different sizes.


delineator

/ dɪˈlɪnɪˌeɪtə /

noun

  1. a tailor's pattern, adjustable for different sizes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of delineator1

First recorded in 1765–75; delineate + -or 2
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Example Sentences

As a delineator of men and manners, she is remarkable for shrewdness, subtle perception, and truthfulness that cannot be mistaken.

However great she was as a delineator of character, she is not an oracle as a moral teacher.

Every page reveals the literary artist, the keen observer, the trained delineator of human nature, its weal and its woe.'

Harvey was an exquisite delineator of the seaweeds of which he was so enthusiastic a student.

In him the South has found a masterly delineator of its interior life and its history.

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