painter

1 of 3

noun (1)

paint·​er ˈpān-tər 

: one that paints: such as

a

: an artist who paints

b

: one who applies paint especially as an occupation

painter

2 of 3

noun (2)

pain·​ter ˈpān-tər 

: a line used for securing or towing a boat

painter

3 of 3

noun (3)

pain·​ter ˈpān-tər 

: cougar sense 1

Examples of painter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

There’s a very simple explanation: in the middle of the fourteenth century, a plague picked off the city’s finest painters, including Duccio, Simone Martini, and Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti. —The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024

Siena, where the Italian painter lived and worked, had been walloped by the Black Death. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024

Each fall, painters bring their canvases to Bath County for the annual Bath County Plein Air Festival. —Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2024

The city’s Parks and Recreation department employs two full-time painters to handle graffiti removal, Cloyd said, and the cost for materials, including Elephant Snot, can total $89,000 to $185,000 a year depending on the volume. —Mars King, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun (2)

Middle English paynter, probably from Middle French dialect (Normandy) pentoir, penteur clothesline, from pendre to hang — more at pendant

Noun (3)

alteration of panther

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

circa 1764, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing painter

• painter's colic

Kids Definition

painter

1 of 3 noun

paint·​er ˈpānt-ər 

: one that paints

especially : an artist who paints

painter

2 of 3 noun

pain·​ter

: a line used for attaching or towing a boat

painter

3 of 3 noun

pain·​ter

: cougar

Etymology

Noun

from paint (verb) and -er (noun suffix)

Noun

Middle English paynter "a line used for securing a boat," probably from early French pentoir, penteur "clothesline"

Noun

an altered form of panther