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Noun
While the duo is playing, there will also be a balloon twister and face painter for children.—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024 Austin welcomed them with ex-husband painter Piers Cameron in the early 1990s.—Makena Gera, People.com, 24 Nov. 2024 Fifth-priciest on the night was British-American painter Cecily Brown’s The Butcher and the Policeman (2013), which the seller bought in 2014.—Brian Boucher For Artnews, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024 Structured as a Spain-India coproduction, the film recounts the journey of a young deaf Indian painter who goes to Mexico in the 1950s to train under David Seguiros and ends up befriending Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera during their tumultuous relationship and Leon Trotsky’s assassination.—Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for painter
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Etymology
Noun (2)
Middle English paynter, probably from Middle French dialect (Normandy) pentoir, penteur clothesline, from pendre to hang — more at pendant
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