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Painter of portraits
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limner
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Limner \Lim"ner\ (l[i^]m"n[~e]r), n. [F. enlumineur, LL. illuminator. See Limn , and cf. Alluminor .] A painter; an artist; esp.: One who paints portraits. One who illuminates books. [Archaic]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Someone who limns.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a painter or drawer of portraits [syn: portraitist , portrait painter , portrayer ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A limner is an illuminator of manuscripts , or more generally, a painter of ornamental decoration. One of the earliest mentions of a limner's work is found in the book Methods and Materials of Painting by Charles Lock Eastlake (1793–1865).
Usage examples of limner.
A Limner paints the foul as well as the fair, so learn how to flatterespecially women.
Marvell took the limner away, saying he would see to all and then my husband felt to reproaching of me so that I was hard put to defend myself against him though I foreswore any inconstancy on my own part.
This has occasioned much choler in the limner who opines that the lightness of the room will be spoiled by it.