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housepainter

housepainter noun: a professional painter of houses.

Noun

housepainter (plural housepainters)

  1. A professional painter of houses
    • Experienced & thoughtful housepainter creates miracles with walls1981 April 4, “WONDER WOMAN STROKES BACK (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14
    • Harry Walker, a housepainter, had been a witness for the prosecution.1988 February 26, Jack Clark, “Who Killed Jay Brunkella?”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of housepainter

pluralhousepainters
alternative formhouse painter

Origin of housepainter

From house + painter.

Questions about housepainter

What does housepainter mean?
Housepainter means a professional painter of houses.
What part of speech is housepainter?
Housepainter is a noun.
What is the plural of housepainter?
The plural of housepainter is housepainters.

Words near housepainter in the dictionary

  1. housemotherly
  2. housemothers
  3. housen
  4. houseowner
  5. houseowners
  6. housepainter
  7. housepainters
  8. housepainting
  9. housepants
  10. houseparent
  11. houseparents

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