painter

[ peyn-ter ]

/ ˈpeɪn tər /

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noun

an artist who paints pictures.

a person who coats walls or other surfaces with paint, especially as an occupation.

(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Pictor.

Words nearby painter

painted snipe, painted tongue, painted trillium, painted turtle, painted woman, painter, painter's colic, painterly, painting, paintwork, painty

Origin of painter

1300–50; paint + er1; replacing Middle English peyntour < Anglo-French peintour

Definition for painter (2 of 3)

painter²

[ peyn-ter ]

/ ˈpeɪn tər /

noun

a rope, usually at the bow, for fastening a boat to a ship, stake, etc.

Origin of painter

1300–50; Middle English peyntour, probably < Middle French pentoir, variant of pendoir rope, cord for hanging things on. See pend, -er²

Definition for painter (3 of 3)

painter³

[ peyn-ter ]

/ ˈpeɪn tər /

noun

cougar.

Origin of painter

1755–65, Americanism; variant of panther

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According to some rumors, Goya was once on staff before his fame as a Spanish painter.
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And Pope Alexander VI had the painter Pinturicchio disguise his mistress as the Virgin Mary in one fresco.
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In May he attended the inauguration of a museum to house the works of the Ecuadorian painter Santiago Carbonell in Querétaro.
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You code the same way a writer writes his book and the painter paints his picture.
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But Marsden Hartley was a 20th-century painter, slow as oil paint from a brush.
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To neither had the position of the painter been a matter of the slightest concern.
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His son is a lawyer by the profession chosen for him, and a painter by preference.
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To take the overglaze painting; this may be compared to the canvas of the painter which is covered with pigment.
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There he devoted himself to his art, which was that of a painter.
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British Dictionary definitions for painter (1 of 2)

painter¹

/ (ˈpeɪntə) /

noun

a person who paints surfaces as a trade

an artist who paints pictures

British Dictionary definitions for painter (2 of 2)

painter²

/ (ˈpeɪntə) /

noun

a line attached to the bow of a boat for tying it up

Word Origin for painter

C15: probably from Old French penteur strong rope

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