portraitist

noun

por·​trait·​ist ˈpȯr-trə-tist How to pronounce portraitist (audio)
-ˌtrā-
: a maker of portraits

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In the contemporary sphere, Cheng recently commissioned Dutch portraitist Philip Akkerman to paint him into of 17th century florals by Nicolaes van Verandael. Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 Our five-layer CNN learned to distinguish Rembrandt from his students, imitators, and other portraitists with an accuracy of more than 90 percent. IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2021 Dan Winters is a photographer and portraitist based in Austin, Texas. Steven Johnson, New York Times, 17 May 2024 For urban folklorists and analysts (such as Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, and Raoul Walsh) and for autobiographical portraitists and historians of style (such as Terence Davies and Sofia Coppola), the lives of others are naturally linked to first-person observations and modes of expression. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for portraitist 

Word History

Etymology

probably borrowed from French portraitiste, from portrait portrait entry 1 + -iste -ist entry 1

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of portraitist was in 1857

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“Portraitist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/portraitist. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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