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painter

[peyn-ter] / ˈpeɪn tər /
NOUN
house painter
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NOUN
one who paints
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Her father, a classically trained oil painter, kept a potter’s wheel in the garage, throwing pots as a hobby.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

David Sanchez, a 48-year-old painter and decorator, had just returned home to Cebreros after evacuating at the weekend to find that his small olive and pistachio grove had been consumed by the inferno.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

That painting depicts Christ on the cross, with a painter standing beneath him dressed in a mauve-pink-and-brown cloak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The painter and writer Lachlan Goudie told BBC Scotland News the possibility of the art school not being restored to its former self was a disgrace.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Squint is the painter that we’d met earlier.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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