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paint·er1 
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| 1. | an artist who paints pictures. |
| 2. | a person who coats walls or other surfaces with paint, esp. as an occupation. |
| 3. | (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Pictor. |
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paint·er2
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| a rope, usually at the bow, for fastening a boat to a ship, stake, etc. |
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| mountain lion
n. Chiefly Western U.S. A large powerful wild cat (Felis concolor) of mountainous regions of the Western Hemisphere, having an unmarked tawny body. Also called catamount, mountain cat, panther, puma; also called regionally cougar, painter3. |
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| paint·er 1
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n. One who paints, either as an artist or worker. |
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| pain·ter 2
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n. A rope attached to the bow of a boat, used for tying up, as when docking or towing. [Middle English peintour, probably from Old French pentoir, strong rope, from pendre, to hang, from Vulgar Latin *pendere, from Latin pendēre; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.] |
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| pain·ter 3
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n. Chiefly Upper Southern U.S. See mountain lion. [Alteration of panther.] |
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| painter | |
noun | |
| 1. | an artist who paints |
| 2. | a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint |
| 3. | a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing) |
| 4. | large American feline resembling a lion [syn: cougar] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈpainter1 noun
a person whose job is to put paint on things, especially walls, doors etc in houses
Example: We employed a painter to paint the outside of the house.
ˈpainter2 nounExample: We employed a painter to paint the outside of the house.
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an artist who makes pictures in paint
Example: Who was the painter of this portrait?
See also: paint-box, paint-brush, painting, paint, "painter" in any languageExample: Who was the painter of this portrait?
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Painter, VA (town, FIPS 60296) Location: 37.58550 N, 75.78379 W
Population (1990): 259 (113 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 23420
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
painter
Boat\, n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. b[=a]t; akin to Icel. b[=a]tr, Sw. b[*a]t, Dan. baad, D. & G. boot. Cf. Bateau.]1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail. Note: Different kinds of boats have different names; as, canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc. 2. Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats. 3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat. Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped. Advice boat. See under Advice. Boat hook (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. --Totten. Boat rope, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a painter. In the same boat, in the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.] --F. W. Newman.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
painter
Poo"nah paint`ing\ [From Poona, in Bombay Province, India.] A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work. Note: Hence: Poonah brush, paper, painter, etc.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Painter
Paint"er\ (p[=a]nt"[~e]r), n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. panti[`e]re, 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.] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. --Totten.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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