Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
Visiting the center to see the painters, sculptors, photographers and other artists who define our era can feel like an obstacle course — up steps, through corridors and past the classrooms, box office, studios and offices that accommodate the other activities the center has long supported.—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 July 2025 Considered one of Britain’s greatest landscape painters, Turner’s works feature views of Switzerland, Germany, France, England, Scotland and Italy.—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 In 1950, James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin, then around 25, hoped to climb his way out of a creative funk.—Brandon Tensley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025 An American Contemporary Impressionist painter, Noël lived on a farm, found inspiration from traveling internationally and captured an otherworldly sense of innocence in portraits of children and angels.—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for painter
Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
Middle English paynter, probably from Middle French dialect (Normandy) pentoir, penteur clothesline, from pendre to hang — more at pendant
Share