caricaturist

Variant of caricature

caricature definition

cari·ca·ture (kar′i kə c̸hər, -c̸ho̵or′)

noun

  1. a picture or imitation of a person, literary style, etc. in which certain features or mannerisms are exaggerated for satirical effect
  2. the act or art of making such caricatures
  3. a likeness or imitation that is so distorted or inferior as to seem ludicrous

Etymology: Fr < It caricatura, satirical picture, lit., an overloading < caricare, to load, exaggerate < VL carricare: see charge

transitive verb caricatured -·tured, caricaturing -·tur·ing

to depict in or as in a caricature

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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