painter

painter: noun

1 person whose job is to paint buildings, walls, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ self-employed

▪ house

▪ sign

PHRASES

▪ painter and decorator (BrE)

▪ He now works as a painter and decorator.

2 artist who paints pictures

ADJECTIVE

▪ celebrated, distinguished, famous, great, leading, master, renowned, well-known

▪ some of the great painters of the last century

▪ the Dutch master painter Jan Vermeer

▪ accomplished, good, talented

▪ successful

▪ amateur, professional

▪ self-taught

▪ contemporary, modern, modernist

▪ an exhibition of works by contemporary painters

▪ 16th-century, etc.

▪ court

▪ Rudolf II's court painter

▪ oil, watercolour/watercolor (esp. BrE)

▪ abstract, animal (esp. BrE), figurative, fresco (esp. BrE), genre, landscape, miniature, portrait, realist, still-life

▪ Cubist, Impressionist, Romantic, etc.

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Painter — Paint er, n. [See 1st {Paint}.] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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painter — Ⅰ. painter [1] ► NOUN 1) an artist who paints pictures. 2) a person who paints buildings. Ⅱ. painter [2] ► NOUN ▪ a rope attached to the bow of a boat for tying it to a quay … English terms dictionary
Painter — Paint er (p[=a]nt [ e]r), n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. panti[ e]re, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh ra; pa^s all + qh r beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Painter — Paint er, n. [Corrupt. of panther.] (Zo[ o]l.) The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] J. F. Cooper. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
painter — (n.) artist who paints pictures, mid 14c., from O.Fr. peintour, from L. pictor, from pingere (see PAINT (Cf. paint)). Sense of workman who colors surfaces with paint is from c.1400; as a surname, it is attested from mid 13c., but impossible to… … Etymology dictionary
painter — painter1 [pānt′ər] n. [OFr peintour] 1. an artist who paints pictures 2. a person whose work is covering surfaces, as walls, with paint painter2 [pānt′ər] n. [LME paynter < OFr pentour, ult. < L pendere, to hang: see PEND] a rope attached… … English World dictionary
painter — 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 … Universalium

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