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painters

painters is the plural of painter.

Meaning of painter

Noun (1)

painter (plural painters)

  1. An artist who paints pictures.
  2. A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.

Noun (2)

painter (plural painters)

  1. (obsolete) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use.
  2. 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

Noun (3)

painter (plural painters)

  1. (Southern US) 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

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Proper noun capitalized: Painters

Painters

  1. (plural) plural of Painter

Phrases with painters

Questions about painters

What is painters the plural of?
Painters is the plural of painter.
What part of speech is painters?
Painters is a proper noun.

Words near painters in the dictionary

  1. painterish
  2. painterless
  3. painterlike
  4. painterliness
  5. painterly
  6. painters
  7. paintership
  8. painterships
  9. paintery
  10. paintest
  11. painteth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: painters (page history and authors); Painters (page history and authors); painter (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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