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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English paynter, peyntere, equivalent to paint + -er.
Noun[edit]
painter (plural painters)
- An artist who paints pictures.
- A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Scottish Gaelic: peantair
Translations[edit]
artist
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one who paints surfaces using a paintbrush
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Etymology 2[edit]
Probably from Middle French pendeur.
Noun[edit]
painter (plural painters)
- (obsolete) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use. [14th–17th c.]
- (nautical) A rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing. [from 17th c.]
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:
- "Shove that [fat, wicker luncheon-basket] under your feet," he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
- 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:
- The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
Translations[edit]
rope
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Etymology 3[edit]
From a variation of panther, paralleling other Southern pronunciations for can't and aunt (see ain't for more details)
Noun[edit]
painter (plural painters)
- (Southern US) A mountain lion.
- 1893, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer:
- I have fou't most of the creatur's of the forest, such as bears, wolves, painters and catamounts, but this is the beginning with the red-skins.
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