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portrayist

portrayist noun: one who portrays or depicts.

Noun

portrayist (plural portrayists)

  1. One who portrays or depicts.
    • […] marriage, as at present understood, may soon be reckoned among the number of obsolete institutions, and offer a field of research to the antiquary rather than to the portrayist of existing ideas and customs.1860, Mary Molesworth, The great experiment, volume 1, page 11
    • J. A. S. Monks, a portrayist of sheep and landscapes, is at Franklin Park, Boston, where two hundred sheep are placed at his disposal for sketching purposes.1893, The Quarterly Illustrator, volume 1, page 218

Forms of portrayist

pluralportrayists

Origin of portrayist

From portray + -ist.

Questions about portrayist

What does portrayist mean?
Portrayist means one who portrays or depicts.
What part of speech is portrayist?
Portrayist is a noun.
What is the plural of portrayist?
The plural of portrayist is portrayists.

Words near portrayist in the dictionary

  1. portrayees
  2. portrayer
  3. portrayers
  4. portrayeth
  5. portraying
  6. portrayist
  7. portrayists
  8. portrayment
  9. portrayments
  10. portrays
  11. Portreath

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