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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
Current exhibitions feature two of Colorado’s best painters.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2025
The painting, which had been hanging in the house for years, is by renowned artist Alberto Morrocco, a Scottish painter famous for his Mediterranean beach scenes.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Michael Hurley, a folk musician, cartoonist and painter, has died.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Playful and light, it was influenced by the work of American painter and sculptor Ellsworth Kelly, as well as French painter, sculptor, chess player and writer Marcel Duchamp.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
Current exhibitions feature two of Colorado’s best painters.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2025
The painting, which had been hanging in the house for years, is by renowned artist Alberto Morrocco, a Scottish painter famous for his Mediterranean beach scenes.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Michael Hurley, a folk musician, cartoonist and painter, has died.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Painter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painter. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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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
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