- a person whose job is painting buildings, walls, etc.
- He works as a painter and decorator.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- self-employed
- house
- sign
- …
- painter and decorator
- an artist who paints pictures
- a famous painter
- a portrait/landscape painter
- She quickly established a reputation as a painter of portraits.
Extra ExamplesTopics Arta2- Rudolf II's court painter
- an exhibition of works by contemporary painters
- some of the great painters of the last century
- the Dutch master painter Jan Vermeer
- Chardin was a gifted still-life painter.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- celebrated
- distinguished
- famous
- …
- a rope fastened to the front of a boat, used for tying it to a post, ship, etc.
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French peintour, based on Latin pictor, from the verb pingere ‘to paint’.sense 3 Middle English: of uncertain origin; compare with Old French pentoir ‘something from which to hang things’.
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