Painter Definition

pāntər
painters
noun
painters
One who paints, either as an artist or worker.
American Heritage
A person whose work is covering surfaces, as walls, with paint.
Webster's New World
A rope attached to the bow of a boat for tying it as to a dock or for towing it.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World

(US) A mountain lion, by mispronunciation of "panther".

Wiktionary
pronoun
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Painter

Noun

Singular:
painter
Plural:
painters

Origin of Painter

  • Middle English peintour probably from Old French pentoir strong rope from pendre to hang from Vulgar Latin pendere from Latin pendēre (s)pen- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • paint + -er, influenced by Middle French paintre.

    From Wiktionary

  • See painter.

    From Wiktionary

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