Portraitor

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who makes portraits. rare

    "His face was oval—not unlike in shape and beauty that which portraitors represent that of Edward VI, England’s youthful monarch; and the face of this youth was princely."

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portraitist

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"His face was oval—not unlike in shape and beauty that which portraitors represent that of Edward VI, England’s youthful monarch; and the face of this youth was princely."

Etymology

From portrait + -or. Compare Middle English portratoure, portreitour, portretour, porturature, purtrator, purtreiture (“one who draws or paints”).

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