/ˈpeɪntə/
Translation
A person who paints pictures, or who paints walls and houses as a job.
Word origin
From paint plus the ending -er, meaning one who paints.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- peint
Grammar
Examples
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"Painter" is a person who paints.
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"Painters" is the plural, meaning more than one painter.
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Here "painter" tells us what he does.
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