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ILLUSTRATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does illustrator mean?
• ILLUSTRATOR (noun)
The noun ILLUSTRATOR has 1 sense:
1. an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)
Familiarity information: ILLUSTRATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("illustrator" is a kind of...):
artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "illustrator"):
commercial artist (an illustrator who is supported by advertising)
Instance hyponyms:
Browne; Hablot Knight Browne; Phiz (English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882))
du Maurier; George du Maurier; George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (English writer and illustrator; grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896))
C. D. Gibson; Charles Dana Gibson; Gibson (United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the 'Gibson girl' (1867-1944))
Howard Pyle; Pyle (United States writer and illustrator of children's books (1853-1911))
Norman Rockwell; Rockwell (United States illustrator whose works present a sentimental idealized view of everyday life (1894-1978))
Derivation:
illustrate (supply with illustrations)
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