house painter

noun

a person whose occupation is painting houses.

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Origin of house painter

First recorded in 1680–90

Words nearby house painter

house of the people, house of the seven gables, the, house of worship, house officer, house organ, house painter, house party, house physician, house place, house plant, house rule

Example sentences from the Web for house painter

And yet he is but a house-painter, who owes his establishment here to his love of nature rather than to his love of art.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850|Various
He gave a lecture on Leclaire, the house-painter in Paris who initiated an excellent plan of co-operative sharing for his workmen.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3)|George Eliot
I had still three of the gulden that Luigi gave me, and I went to a house-painter and got work with him.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories|John Galsworthy
The larger part of them have been effaced by the glazier and the house-painter.
Letters to an Unknown|Prosper Mrime

He is variously stated to have begun life as a house-painter, or as a solicitor's clerk.
English Painters|Harry John Wilmot-Buxton