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MINIATURIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does miniaturist mean?
• MINIATURIST (noun)
The noun MINIATURIST has 1 sense:
1. someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail
Familiarity information: MINIATURIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("miniaturist" is a kind of...):
painter (an artist who paints)
Derivation:
miniature (painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts))
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