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painter (1)

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painter1 /ˈpān(t)ər, ˈpeɪn(t)ər

▸ noun

1 an artist who paints pictures:

a German landscape painter.

2 a person who paints buildings, walls, ceilings, and woodwork, especially as a job:

a self-employed painter and decorator.

– ORIGIN Middle English : from Anglo-Norman French peintour, based on Latin pictor, from the verb pingere ‘to paint’.