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Definition of "portraitist" []

  • A person who makes portraits, especially a painter or photographer. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "portraitist" in a sentence
  • "His brother Jean was known as a portraitist of great ability."
  • "Hans Holbein, a German painter, came to England in 1526 to make his fortune as a portraitist."
  • "Long before apps like Hipstamatic made anyone with a smartphone a self-styled retro portraitist, folk produced their artsy pics the old-fashioned way: with a Polaroid."