painter
nounEtymology
From a variation of panther, paralleling other Southern pronunciations for can't and aunt (see ain't for more details).
- inherited from paynter
Definitions
An artist who paints pictures.
A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in…
A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use.
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A rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying…
A rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing.
- "Shove that [fat, wicker luncheon-basket] under your feet," he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
- Back at the water’s edge, Delbert realised something else. The number of steps had diminished by one, and the little boat was floating more freely to its painter.
A mountain lion.
- I have fou't most of the creatur's of the forest, such as bears, wolves, painters and catamounts, but this is the beginning with the red-skins.
A surname transferred from the common noun.
A town in Accomack County, Virginia.
The neighborhood
Derived
action painter, dialpainter, field painter, fingerpainter, housepainter, house painter, lazy painter, nonpainter, painterish, painterless, painterlike, painterly, painter's colic, paintership, painter-stainer, paintery, paintress, paintrix, signpainter, Sunday painter, word painter, shank-painter
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for painter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA