noun
Meaning 1
A female painter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paintrix
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
paintress
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History
Etymology
From Middle English peyntrys, from Old French peintresse; equivalent to painter + -ess.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Cornish: lymnores — female painter
- Cornish: payntyores — female painter
- Finnish: taiteilijatar — female painter
- French: peintresse — female painter
- German: Malerin — female painter
- Polish: malarka — female painter
- Romanian: pictoriță — female painter
- Russian: худо́жница (xudóžnica) — female painter
- Spanish: pintora — female painter