Definition of "house-painter" [house-painter]

• An artisan whose trade it is to paint and decorate houses. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Patrick Albanesius Gilligan is a part-time house-painter and a property manager."
• "I was a house-painter, and the crew would leave BCN on the radio all day long."
• "A house-painter in his thirties, he's back in college to get a degree in accounting."