painter
UK/ˈpeɪntə//ˈpeɪntɚ/
painter noun: an artist who paints pictures.
Noun (1)
painter (plural painters)
- An artist who paints pictures.
- A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
Noun (2)
painter (plural painters)
- A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use.
- 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.1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick
Noun (3)
painter (plural painters)
- 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.1893, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer
Proper noun capitalized: Painter
Painter (countable and uncountable, plural Painters)
- A surname transferred from the common noun.
- A town in Accomack County, Virginia.
painter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
painter in Hindi
- artist
- चित्रकार citrakār
- laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush
- रंगरेज़ raṅgrez
painter in Tamil
- வர்ணர், ஓவியர்
painter in Marathi
- artist
- चित्रकार citrakār
- laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush
- रंगारी raṅgārī
painter in Urdu
- artist
- نَقَّاش naqqāś, مُصَوِّر musavvir
- laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush
- رَن٘گ ساز raṅg sāz
More languagesFewer languages
- painter in Bengali
- চিত্রকর citrokor
- painter in Telugu
- చిత్రకారుడు citrakāruḍu
- painter in Malayalam
- പെയിന്റ് അടിക്കുന്നയാൾ
- painter in Kannada
- ಬಣ್ಣಗಾರ, ವರ್ಣಕಾರ, ಗುಡಿಗಾರ, ಗುಡಿಕಾರ
- painter in Punjabi
- ਚਿੱਤਰਕਾਰ
- painter in Gujarati
- ચિતારો citāro, ચિત્રકાર citrakār
- painter in Odia
- ଚିତ୍ରକର citrakara
- painter in Sanskrit
- चित्रकर citrakara, रङ्गकार raṅgakāra, लेखक lekhaka
- painter in Nepali
- चित्रकार
- painter in Pashto
- انځورګر anźorgár
- painter in Arabic
- رَسَّام rassām, رَسَّامَة rassāma, مُصَوِّر muṣawwir, صَوِّرَة ṣawwira
- painter in Malay
- pengecat
- painter in Indonesian
- pelukis
- painter in Thai
- จิตรกร jìt-dtrà-gɔɔn
- painter in Vietnamese
- họa sĩ, thợ sơn
- painter in Myanmar
- ပန်းချီဆရာ pan:hkyihca.ra
Examples of painter in a sentence
- I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.
- Any painter can benefit from the presence of a live model from which to draw.
- The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.
Forms of painter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | painters |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Painters |
| alternative form | Paynter |
Origin of painter
Inherited from Middle English peyntour, from Old French peintor, equivalent to paint + -er.
Probably from Middle French pendeur.
From a variation of panther, paralleling other Southern pronunciations for can't and aunt (see ain't for more details).
Words formed from painter
Phrases with painter
Words that rhyme with painter
Questions about painter
- What does painter mean?
- Painter means an artist who paints pictures.
- What is painter in Hindi?
- Painter in Hindi is चित्रकार (citrakār), रंगरेज़ (raṅgrez). See Painter meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is painter?
- Painter can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce painter?
- Painter is pronounced /ˈpeɪntə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of painter?
- The plural of painter is painters.
Words near painter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: painter (page history and authors); Painter (page history and authors); painter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); painter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); painter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); painter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); चित्रकर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); painter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); انځورګر (Pashto) (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-painter.ogg.
Cite this entry: “painter.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/painter. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.