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noun
a person who draws pictures (especially illustrations in books or magazines)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artist, creative person
Narrower terms: commercial artist, Browne, Hablot Knight Browne, Phiz, du Maurier, George du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier, Gibson, C. D. Gibson, Charles Dana Gibson, Pyle, Howard Pyle, Rockwell, Norman Rockwell
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin lūstrō Latin illūstrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin illūstrātiōbor. Middle French illustrationbor. English illustrationbf. English illustrate English -or English illustrator From illustrate + -or.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
