Crossword clues for limner
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
n. Someone who limns.
WordNet
n. a painter or drawer of portraits [syn: portraitist, portrait painter, portrayer]
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).
A limner is an illustrator.
Limner may also refer to:
- Lynda Limner
- Henry Limner
- Richard William Murray for whom "Limner" was the pen-name.
Category:Surnames
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.