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rosemaler

Syllables: ros·e·mal·erUK/ˈɹəʊzəˌmɑːlə/US/ˈɹoʊzəˌmɑlɚ/

rosemaler noun: a person who practises rosemaling.

rosemaler: a person who practises rosemaling
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Noun

rosemaler (plural rosemalers)

  1. (US) A person who practises rosemaling.
    • Vesterheim, the Norwegian American Museum in Decorah, Iowa, […] sponsored a national exhibition of rosemaling in 1967 and began inviting Norwegian masters to the museum to give workshops to grassroots rosemalers.2006, Philip Nusbaum, “Rosemaling”, in Richard Sisson, Christian Zacher, Andrew [R. L.] Cayton, editors, The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University...

Forms of rosemaler

pluralrosemalers

Origin of rosemaler

From rosemaling + -er; or borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål rosemaler, from rose (“rose”) + male (“to paint”) (cognate with Old Danish malæ (Danish male), Old Norse mála, Old Swedish mala (Swedish mala), from Middle Low German mālen (“to paint”)) + -er (“-er, suffix indicating a person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb”).

Questions about rosemaler

What does rosemaler mean?
Rosemaler means a person who practises rosemaling.
What part of speech is rosemaler?
Rosemaler is a noun.
How do you pronounce rosemaler?
Rosemaler is pronounced /ˈɹəʊzəˌmɑːlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of rosemaler?
The plural of rosemaler is rosemalers.

Words near rosemaler in the dictionary

  1. Rosellos
  2. Rosells
  3. Rosels
  4. Roselyn
  5. rosemaled
  6. rosemaler
  7. rosemalers
  8. rosemaling
  9. rosemallow
  10. rosemallows
  11. Roseman

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