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PRE-RAPHAELITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pre-Raphaelite mean? 

PRE-RAPHAELITE (noun)
  The noun PRE-RAPHAELITE has 1 sense:

1. a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance idealsplay

  Familiarity information: PRE-RAPHAELITE used as a noun is very rare.


PRE-RAPHAELITE (adjective)
  The adjective PRE-RAPHAELITE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelitesplay

  Familiarity information: PRE-RAPHAELITE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRE-RAPHAELITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Pre-Raphaelite" is a kind of...):

artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)

Instance hyponyms:

Holman Hunt; Hunt; William Holman Hunt (Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910))

Millais; Sir John Everett Millais (Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896))

Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Rossetti (English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882))

Derivation:

Pre-Raphaelite (of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites)


PRE-RAPHAELITE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Pre-Raphaelite painters

Pertainym:

Pre-Raphaelite (a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals)

Derivation:

Pre-Raphaelite (a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals)


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