portraitist

[ pawr-tri-tist, -trey-, pohr- ]

noun

1. a person who makes portraits.

portraitist

/ -treɪ-; ˈpɔːtrɪtɪst /

noun

1. an artist, photographer, etc, who specializes in portraits

Word History and Origins

Origin of portraitist¹

First recorded in 1865–70; portrait + -ist

Example Sentences

It will likely reconfirm Mr. Yeo’s status as the go-to portraitist of his generation for Britain’s great and good, as well as for actors, writers, businesspeople, and celebrities from around the world.

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The retrospective brings together over 50 works that highlight the portraitist’s interest in how the clothes make the man, or woman.

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It’s no surprise that George Eliot, the great portraitist of unhappy Victorian couples, did marriage her own way.

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From his beginnings in fashion to his development as a portraitist, his photography consisted of staged performances where he enthralled sitters with his charm.

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Mrs. Bohm began as a portraitist, but her photography blossomed when she left the studio.

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