Definition of "portrait-painter" []

• One whose occupation is the painting of portraits. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "As for the portrait-painter, she was a positive bore."
• "Into his glittering orbit come, among others, Fuchsia Klumpp, art buyer and S&M devotee; Alice, a redheaded gallery assistant who hates modern art and all it stands for; and Dan, a portrait-painter of the old school."
• "The Sanders Portrait, believed to have been sketched in 1603 by a friend of a then 39-year-old Shakespeare, is the property of Ottawa resident Lloyd Sullivan, 73, who says his heritage can be traced back to the portrait-painter John Sanders."