The Collaborative International Dictionary
Painter stainer
Painter \Paint"er\, n. [See 1st Paint.] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.:
One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint.
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An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like. Painter's colic. (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic. Painter stainer.
A painter of coats of arms.
--Crabb.A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.