Portrayist
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who portrays or depicts.
"[…] marriage, as at present understood, may soon be reckoned among the number of obsolete institutions, and offer a field of research to the antiquary rather than to the portrayist of existing ideas and customs."
Example
More examples"[…] marriage, as at present understood, may soon be reckoned among the number of obsolete institutions, and offer a field of research to the antiquary rather than to the portrayist of existing ideas and customs."
Etymology
From portray + -ist.
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