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Definition of Limner
1. Noun. A painter or drawer of portraits.
Exact synonyms: Portrait Painter, Portraitist, Portrayer
Generic synonyms: Painter
Derivative terms: Limn, Portray, Portray, Portray
Generic synonyms: Painter
Derivative terms: Limn, Portray, Portray, Portray
Definition of Limner
1. n. A painter; an artist
Definition of Limner
1. Noun. Someone who limns. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Limner
1. one that limns [n -S] - See also: limns
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limner
Literary usage of Limner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"... Wood he was a distinguished Greek scholar, a good poet, and an excellent limner.
[Wood'« Athena' Oxon. ed. Bliss, ii. 490. 584. iii. ..."
2. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... is now grown in less than two years' time so great a limner that he is become
excellent, and gets a great deal of money at it. ..."
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