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PORTRAYER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does portrayer mean?
• PORTRAYER (noun)
The noun PORTRAYER has 1 sense:
1. a painter or drawer of portraits
Familiarity information: PORTRAYER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A painter or drawer of portraits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
limner; portrait painter; portraitist; portrayer
Hypernyms ("portrayer" is a kind of...):
painter (an artist who paints)
Derivation:
portray (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture)
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