"paintress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paintresses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English peyntrys, from Old French peintresse; equivalent to painter + -ess. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|peyntrys}} Middle English peyntrys, {{der|en|fro|peintresse}} Old French peintresse, {{suffix|en|painter|ess}} painter + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} paintress (plural paintresses)
  1. (archaic) A female painter. Tags: archaic Synonyms: paintrix, painteress Translations (female painter): taiteilijatar (Finnish), peintresse [feminine] (French), Malerin [feminine] (German), pictoriță [feminine] (Romanian), худо́жница (xudóžnica) [feminine] (Russian), pintora [feminine] (Spanish)

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