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illustrator

US/ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/

illustrator noun: a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines).

Noun

illustrator (plural illustrators)

  1. a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines)
    • Mary is one of the best illustrators of children's books in the country.

illustrator meaning in Kannada, Sanskrit, Tagalog and Arabic

illustrator in Kannada

ತಿಟ್ಟಗಾರ, ಚಿತ್ರಲೇಖಕ, ದೃಷ್ಟಾಂತಕಾರ, ಚಿತ್ರಕಾರ

illustrator in Sanskrit

"illustrator" or "illustration" at the end of titles of books , गूढार्थदीपिका , त्रैलोक्यदीपिका ) and also alone, name of works
दीपिका dīpikā

illustrator in Tagalog

person who draws pictures
ilustrador

illustrator in Arabic

person who draws pictures
مُصَوِّر muṣawwir
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illustrator in Persian
تصویرگر tasvirgar

Forms of illustrator

pluralillustrators

Plural of illustrator: illustrators

Origin of illustrator

From illustrate + -or.

Words formed from illustrator

Questions about illustrator

What does illustrator mean?
Illustrator means a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines).
What is illustrator in Kannada?
Illustrator in Kannada is ತಿಟ್ಟಗಾರ, ಚಿತ್ರಲೇಖಕ, ದೃಷ್ಟಾಂತಕಾರ. See Illustrator meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is illustrator?
Illustrator is a noun.
How do you pronounce illustrator?
Illustrator is pronounced /ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of illustrator?
The plural of illustrator is illustrators.

Words near illustrator in the dictionary

  1. illustrationist
  2. illustrations
  3. illustrative
  4. illustratively
  5. illustrativeness
  6. illustrator
  7. illustrators
  8. illustratory
  9. illustratress
  10. illustratresses
  11. illustre

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Adapted from Wiktionary: illustrator (page history and authors); illustrator (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); दीपिका (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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