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

Like her American counterpart, Abad—a native of Basco, Batanes, in the Philippines—was also both an expressive painter and a master of the narrative quilt, embracing and elevating a medium long dismissed for its folksy domesticity. —Raymond Ang, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2024

Any painter could be the next Rothko or Basquiat; any singer could be the next Joni or Aretha. —Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024

Until August by Gabriel García Márquez, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean and edited by Cristóbal Pera Susan Tallman How American Eyes Got Modern The midcentury ideal of art as a departure into the unknown was not the exclusive property of heroic painters. —David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2024

Stone is kind of like the weird painter of the band. —Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024

For me, as a painter, this atmosphere is ideal and inspiring. —Maddalena Fossati, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2024

The most fateful encounter comes early on, when a wealthy New Yorker hires Ripley to travel to Italy to lure his playboy son, an aspiring painter named Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn), to come back home. —Brian Lowry, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024

Once the larger community of graffiti artists became aware of the wide-open towers in early February, it was hit by a tidal wave of painters armed with spray cans, rollers and pens. —Steve Appleford, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024

Sousa said the war work was a family effort: Her two sisters, Phyllis and Marge, were welders and her mother Mildred was a spray painter. —Michelle Miller, CBS News, 6 Apr. 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