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PRE-RAPHAELITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Pre-Raphaelite" is a kind of...):

artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)

Instance hyponyms:

Holman Hunt; Hunt; William Holman Hunt (Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910))

Millais; Sir John Everett Millais (Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896))

Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Rossetti (English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882))

Derivation:

Pre-Raphaelite (of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites

Example:

the Pre-Raphaelite painters

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Pre-Raphaelite (a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals)

Derivation:

Pre-Raphaelite (a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals)

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