painter
paint·er [painter painters] [ˈpeɪntə(r)] [ˈpeɪntər] noun
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.
Word Origin:
senses 1 to 2 Middle English Anglo-Norman French peintour Latin pictor pingere ‘to paint’
sense 3 Middle English Old French pentoir ‘something from which to hang things’
Example Bank:
• 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.
