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painter1 definition

painter (pānt′ər)

noun

  1. an artist who paints pictures
  2. a person whose work is covering surfaces, as walls, with paint

Etymology: OFr peintour

painter2 definition

painter (pānt′ər)

noun

a rope attached to the bow of a boat for tying it as to a dock or for towing it

Etymology: LME paynter < OFr pentour, ult. < L pendere, to hang: see pend

painter3 definition

☆ painter (pānt′ər)

noun

Dialectal cougar

Etymology: altered < panther

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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