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Painter Works Decorator Famous Noun Bre ˈpeɪntə(R ˈpeɪntər

Word painter
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈpeɪntə(r) / NAmE / ˈpeɪntər /
Example
  • he works as a painter and decorator.
  • a famous painter
  • a portrait/landscape painter
  • he now works as a painter and decorator.
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painter

(noun)BrE / ˈpeɪntə(r) / NAmE / ˈpeɪntər /
  1. a person whose job is painting buildings, walls, etc.
    • He works as a painter and decorator.
  2. an artist who paints pictures
    • a famous painter
    • a portrait/landscape painter
  3. a rope fastened to the front of a boat, used for tying it to a post, ship, etc.
  4. Extra Examples

    • He now works as a painter and decorator.
    • Rudolf II’s court painter
    • an exhibition of works by contemporary painters
    • some of the great painters of the last century
    • the Dutch master painter Jan Vermeer
    • Chardin was a gifted still-life painter.
    • Pablo Picasso, the famous cubist painter, was born in Malaga.

    Word Origin

    • senses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French peintour, based on Latin pictor, from the verb pingere ‘to paint’.
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