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Grammar : Noun
Spell : peyn-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪn tər

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Origin :
  • "artist who paints pictures," early 14c., from Old French peintor, from Latin pictor "a painter," from pingere (see paint (v.)). Sense of "workman who colors surfaces with paint" is from c.1400. As a surname, Painter is attested from mid-13c. but it is difficult to say which sense is meant. Related: Painterly.
  • noun house painter
  • noun artist
  • noun one who paints
Example sentences :
  • "Compare the living face with the pictured one," said the painter.
  • Extract from : « The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • While he was intent on these observations, Elinor turned to the painter.
  • Extract from : « The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • A painter friend who lives by the sea has asked me to stay with him awhile.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • Calvert, my friend, is a lover as well as a painter of nature.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • The painter can accumulate ugliness, but I do not remember a demon worth the name.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Wanhope had the effect of appealing to Minver, but the painter would not relent.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • "I've no doubt she told him so pretty promptly," the painter grinned.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • "I'm afraid I didn't mean anything so serious or scientific," said the painter.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • The work was finished to the satisfaction of West, but the painter was summoned home.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The Roman had soon found that his young Greek slave was a painter.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

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