Paintress

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female painter. archaic

    "Oosterwyck (Maria Van), a celebrated Dutch paintress of flowers and fruit, born at Nootdrop, a small town near Delft, in 1630."

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"Oosterwyck (Maria Van), a celebrated Dutch paintress of flowers and fruit, born at Nootdrop, a small town near Delft, in 1630."

Etymology

From Middle English peyntrys, from Old French peintresse; equivalent to painter + -ess.

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