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PORTRAITIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does portraitist mean? 

PORTRAITIST (noun)
  The noun PORTRAITIST has 1 sense:

1. a painter or drawer of portraitsplay

  Familiarity information: PORTRAITIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PORTRAITIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A painter or drawer of portraits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

limner; portrait painter; portraitist; portrayer

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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