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PORTRAITIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A painter or drawer of portraits

Synonyms:

limner; portrait painter; portraitist; portrayer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("portraitist" is a kind of...):

painter (an artist who paints)

Derivation:

portray (make a portrait of)

portray (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture)

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