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Webster 1913 Edition

Painter

Paint′er

(pānt′ẽr)
,
Noun.
[OE,
pantere
a noose, snare, F.
pantière
, LL.
panthera
, L.
panther
a hunting net, fr. Gr.
πανθήρα
;
πᾶσ
all +
θήρ
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.

Paint′er

,
Noun.
[Corrupt. of
panther
.]
(Zool.)
The panther, or puma.
[A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.]
J. F. Cooper.

Paint′er

,
Noun.
[See 1st
Paint
.]
One whose occupation is to paint
;
esp.:
(a)
One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint.
(b)
An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.
Painter’s colic
.
(Med.)
See
Lead colic
, under
Colic
.
–
Painter stainer
.
(a)
A painter of coats of arms.
Crabb.
(b)
A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.

Webster 1828 Edition

Painter

PA'INTER

,
Noun.
One whose occupation is to paint; one skilled in representing things in colors.

PA'INTER

,
Noun.
A rope used to fasten a boat to a ship or other object.

Definition 2025

Painter

Painter

See also: painter

English

Proper noun

Painter

  1. A surname​.
  2. A town in Virginia.

painter

painter

See also: Painter

English

Noun

painter ‎(plural painters)

  1. An artist who paints pictures.
  2. A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle French pendeur.

Noun

painter ‎(plural painters)

  1. (obsolete) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use. [14th-17th c.]
  2. (nautical) A rope connected to the bow of a boat, used to attach it to e.g. a jetty or another boat. [from 17th c.]
    • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:
      "Shove that (fat, wicker luncheon-basket) under your feet," he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
    • 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:
      The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
Translations

Etymology 3

From a variation of panther.

Noun

painter ‎(plural painters)

  1. (US) A mountain lion, by mispronunciation of "panther".
    • 1893, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer:
      I have fou't most of the creatur's of the forest, such as bears, wolves, painters and catamounts, but this is the beginning with the red-skins.

Anagrams

Etymology

See painter.

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