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

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

limits
limits inferior
limits superior
limivorous
limma
limmas
limmers
limn
limn-
limnaeid
limnaeids
limnaemia
limnaemic
limned
limner (current term)
limners
limnetic
limniad
limnic
limning
limnivore
limnivores
limno-
limnodophyte
limnodophytes
limnologic
limnological
limnologically
limnologies

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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