paintress
paintress noun: a female painter.
Noun
paintress (plural paintresses)
- A female painter.
- Oosterwyck (Maria Van), a celebrated Dutch paintress of flowers and fruit, born at Nootdrop, a small town near Delft, in 1630.1838, John Gould, Biographical Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, and Architects, volume 2, London: G. and A. Greenland, Poultry, →OL, keyword “Oosterwyck”, page 380
- Bennings, Liévene, a celebrated Flemish paintress, daughter of Simon Benichius, or Bennings, a miniature painter of Bruges, who instructed her in the art.1867, Shearjashub Spooner, A Biographical History of the Fine Arts, 4th edition, volume 1, New York: Leypoldt & Holt, →LCCN, →OL, keyword “Bennings”, page 92
- Synonyms:
- paintrix
paintress meaning in Kannada
paintress in Kannada
- ವರ್ಣಗಾರ್ತಿ, ಚಿತ್ರಗಾರ್ತಿ, ಬಣ್ಣಗಾತಿ, ಬಣ್ಣಹಾಕುವವಳು, ವರ್ಣಲೇಪಕಿ
Synonyms of paintress
Forms of paintress
| plural | paintresses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | painteress |
Origin of paintress
From Middle English peyntrys, from Old French peintresse; equivalent to painter + -ess.
Questions about paintress
- What does paintress mean?
- Paintress means a female painter.
- What is paintress in Kannada?
- Paintress in Kannada is ವರ್ಣಗಾರ್ತಿ, ಚಿತ್ರಗಾರ್ತಿ, ಬಣ್ಣಗಾತಿ. See Paintress meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is paintress?
- Paintress is a noun.
- What is the plural of paintress?
- The plural of paintress is paintresses.
Words near paintress in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: paintress (page history and authors); paintress (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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