[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

painter \paint"er\, n. see 1st paint.
   one whose occupation is to paint; esp.:
   a one who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like,
       with paint.
   b an artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a
       flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.
       1913 webster

   painter's colic. med. see lead colic, under colic.

   painter stainer.
   a a painter of coats of arms. --crabb.
   b a member of a livery company or guild in london, bearing
       this name.
       1913 webster
see also:
paint painter's colic lead colic colic painter stainer 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

painter \paint"er\ p=ant"~er, n. oe, pantere a noose,
   snare, f. panti`ere, ll. panthera, l. panther a hunting
   net, fr. gr. panqh`ra; pa^s all + qh`r beast; cf. ir.
   painteir a net, gin, snare, gael. painntear. naut.
   a rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.
   --totten.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

painter \paint"er\, n. corrupt. of panther. zool.
   the panther, or puma. a form representing an illiterate
   pronunciation, u. s. --j. f. cooper.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

poonah painting \poo"nah paint`ing\ from poona, in bombay
   province, india.
   a style of painting, popular in england in the 19th century,
   in which a thick opaque color is applied without background
   and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing
   flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of oriental work.

   note: hence:

   poonah brush,

   paper,

   painter, etc.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
poonah brush paper painter 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

puma \pu"ma\ p=u"m.a, n. peruv. puma. zool.
   a large american carnivore felis concolor, found from
   canada to patagonia, especially among the mountains. its
   color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes.
   called also catamount, cougar, american lion, mountain
   lion, and panther or painter.
   1913 webster
see also:
felis concolor catamount cougar american lion mountain lion panther 
painter 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

boat \boat\ b=ot, n. oe. boot, bat, as. b=at; akin to
   icel. b=atr, sw. bat, dan. baad, d.  g. boot. cf.
   bateau.
   1913 webster
   1. a small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars
      or paddles, but often by a sail.
      1913 webster

   note: different kinds of boats have different names; as,
         canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc.
         1913 webster

   2. hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive
      of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet
      boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. the term is
      sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest
      class; as, the cunard boats.
      1913 webster

   3. a vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in
      shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
      1913 webster

   note: boat is much used either adjectively or in combination;
         as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or
         boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat
         keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat
         racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped.
         1913 webster

   advice boat. see under advice.

   boat hook naut., an iron hook with a point on the back,
      fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log,
      etc. --totten.

   boat rope, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a
      painter.

   in the same boat, in the same situation or predicament.
      colloq. --f. w. newman.
      1913 webster
see also:
bateau advice boat advice boat hook boat rope painter 
in the same boat 

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

painter
     n 1: an artist who paints
     2: a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint
     3: a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for
        tying up as when docking or towing
     4: large american feline resembling a lion syn: cougar, puma,
         catamount, mountain lion, panther, felis concolor
see also:
cougar puma catamount mountain lion panther felis concolor 

[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

121 moby thesaurus words for "painter":
   bacon, bellows, benton, botticelli, boucher, buffet, cassatt,
   chirico, constable, copley, corot, correggio, courbet, daumier,
   david, degas, delacroix, dubuffet, duchamp, dufy, eakins, el greco,
   ensor, feininger, fra angelico, fragonard, friesz, gainsborough,
   gauguin, gleizes, goya, graves, greuze, gris, grosz, hals, hodler,
   hogarth, homer, hopper, ingres, kent, kirchner, leger, leo,
   limburg, lippi, manet, mantegna, marc, marin, marquet, masaccio,
   masolino, masson, michelangelo, millet, mondrian, monet, moses,
   munch, murillo, nolde, orozco, ozenfant, picabia, picasso,
   pissarro, poussin, raphael, redon, rembrandt, remington, riley,
   rivera, romney, rousseau, ryder, sargent, siberian tiger, titian,
   turner, vandyke, whistler, wood, aquarellist, bobcat,
   cat-a-mountain, catamount, cheetah, colorist, cougar, de kooning,
   historical painter, jaguar, landscapist, leopard, lion, luminarist,
   luminist, lynx, marine painter, miniaturist, monochromist,
   mountain lion, ocelot, oil-colorist, panther, pavement artist,
   polychromist, portrait painter, portraitist, puma, scene painter,
   scenewright, scenographer, simba, still-life painter, tiger,
   watercolorist, wildcat

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

painter, va town, fips 60296
  location: 37.58550 n, 75.78379 w
  population 1990: 259 113 housing units
  area: 1.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 23420

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

painter, va -- u.s. town in virginia
   population 2000:    246
   housing units 2000: 117
   land area 2000:     0.633974 sq. miles 1.641985 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.633974 sq. miles 1.641985 sq. km
   fips code:            60296
   located within:       virginia va, fips 51
   location:             37.585632 n, 75.783445 w
   zip codes 1990:     23420
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    painter, va
    painter

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