painter

Noun
US[peyn-ter]/ˈpeɪntɚ/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (4)painters

  1. an artist who paintsType of artist, creative personKinds watercolorist, colorist, cubist, distortionist, realist, landscapist, Postimpressionist, muralist, oil painter, abstractionist +8 moreExamples Picasso, Kent, Benton, Utrillo, Chagall, Stella, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Davis, Soutine, Grant +84 more
  2. a worker who is employed to cover objects with paintType of skilled worker, trained workerKinds house painter, sign painter, scene painter, letterer, stippler, finisher
  3. a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing)Type of line
  4. large American feline resembling a lionSynonyms: cougarpumacatamountmountain lionpantherFelis concolorType of wildcatMember of Felis, genus Felis
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Translations

Noun artist who paints pictures

Spanish
pintor
French
peintre
German
Maler
Italian
pittore
Portuguese
pintor
Turkish
ressam
Russian
живопи́сец živopísec
Arabic
رَسَّام rassām
Chinese
画家 huàjiā
Japanese
画家 gaka
34 more languages
Polish
malarz
Swedish
målare
Greek
ζωγράφος zográfos
Korean
화가 hwaga
Indonesian
pelukis
Vietnamese
họa sĩ
Hungarian
festő
Portuguese (PT)
pintor
Chinese (Trad.)
畫家 huàjiā
Albanian
piktor
Breton
liver
Catalan
pintor
Czech
malíř
Danish
maler
Esperanto
pentristo
Georgian
მხატვარი mxaṭvari
Hebrew
צַיָּר tsayár
Icelandic
málari
Kurdish
nîgarvan
Lithuanian
tapytojas
Norwegian
maler
Romanian
pictor
Scottish Gaelic
lì-dhealbhadair
Serbo-Croatian
slikar
Slovak
maliar
Slovenian
slikar
Swahili
mchoraji
Walloon
pondeu
Yiddish
מאָלער moler

Noun laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush

Spanish
pintor
German
Maler
Portuguese
pintor
Turkish
boyacı
Russian
маля́р maljár
Arabic
دَهَّان dahhān
Chinese
油漆工 yóuqīgōng
Swedish
målare
15 more languages
Greek
μπογιατζής bogiatzís
Vietnamese
thợ sơn
Hungarian
szobafestő
Portuguese (PT)
pintor
Chinese (Trad.)
油匠 yóujiàng
Albanian
bojaxhi
Czech
malíř
Danish
maler
Estonian
maaler
Finnish
maalari
Norwegian
maler
Romanian
vopsitor
Scottish Gaelic
lì-dhealbhadair
Slovak
maliar

The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Paint′er (pānt′ẽr), noun

Origin: OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. pantière, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. πανθήρα; πᾶς all + θήρ beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.

Nautical A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. Benjamin J. Totten


Paint′er noun

Origin: Corrupt. of panther.

Zoology The panther, or puma. A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S. J. F. Cooper.


Paint′er noun

Origin: 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 like.

Painter's colic. Medicine See Lead colic, under Colic. — Painter stainer. (a) A painter of coats of arms. George Crabb (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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