painter

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: paint=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

painter, n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. pantière, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh`ra; pa^s all + qh`r beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.].

 A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.  Totten.  [1913 Webster]

painter, n. [Corrupt. of panther.].

 The panther, or puma.  J. F. Cooper.  [1913 Webster]

painter, n. [See 1st Paint.].

 One whose occupation is to paint  [1913 Webster]

Painter's colic. (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic. -- Painter stainer. (a) A painter of coats of arms. Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

painter, n. a person who paints, esp. an artist or decorator.

painter, n. a rope attached to the bow of a boat for tying it to a quay etc.

Etymology

ME, prob. f. OF penteur rope from a masthead: cf. G Pentertakel f. pentern fish the anchor

THESAURUS

painter

Bacon, Bellows, Benton, Botticelli, Boucher, Buffet, Cassatt, Chirico, Constable, Copley, Corot, Correggio, Courbet, Daumier, David, Degas, Delacroix, Dubuffet, Duchamp, Dufy, Eakins, El Greco, Ensor, Feininger, Fra Angelico, Fragonard, Friesz, Gainsborough, Gauguin, Gleizes, Goya, Graves, Greuze, Gris, Grosz, Hals, Hodler, Hogarth, Homer, Hopper, Ingres, Kent, Kirchner, Leger, Leo, Limburg, Lippi, Manet, Mantegna, Marc, Marin, Marquet, Masaccio, Masolino, Masson, Michelangelo, Millet, Mondrian, Monet, Moses, Munch, Murillo, Nolde, Orozco, Ozenfant, Picabia, Picasso, Pissarro, Poussin, Raphael, Redon, Rembrandt, Remington, Riley, Rivera, Romney, Rousseau, Ryder, Sargent, Siberian tiger, Titian, Turner, Vandyke, Whistler, Wood, aquarellist, bobcat, cat-a-mountain, catamount, cheetah, colorist, cougar, de Kooning, historical painter, jaguar, landscapist, leopard, lion, luminarist, luminist, lynx, marine painter, miniaturist, monochromist, mountain lion, ocelot, oil-colorist, panther, pavement artist, polychromist, portrait painter, portraitist, puma, scene painter, scenewright, scenographer, simba, still-life painter, tiger, watercolorist, wildcat

ROGET THESAURUS

painter

Artist

N artist, painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver, master, old master, draftsman, draughtsman, copyist, dauber, hack, enamel, enameler, enamelist, caricaturist, historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter, engraver, Apelles, sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary, Phidias, Praxiteles, Royal Academician, photographer, cinematographer, lensman, cameraman, camera technician, camera buff, wildlife photographer, photo safari, with gun and camera.

Connection

N connection, vinculum, link, connective, connection, junction, bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium, bracket, bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus, bond, tendon, tendril, fiber, cord, cordage, riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain, string, fastener, fastening, tie, ligament, ligature, strap, tackle, rigging, standing rigging, running rigging, traces, harness, yoke, band ribband, bandage, brace, roller, fillet, inkle, with, withe, withy, thong, braid, girder, tiebeam, girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot, cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim, suspenders, pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener, clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp, cramp, cramp iron, ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl, terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle, clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag, tooth, hook, hook and eye, lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet, anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post, cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout, viscum, shackle, rein, prop.