Painter
WordNet
noun
(1) Large American feline resembling a lion
(2) A line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing)
(3) An artist who paints
(4) A worker who is employed to cover objects with paint
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An artist who paints pictures.
- A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
- A rope connected to the bow of a boat, used to attach it to, e.g. a jetty or another boat.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- `Shove that (fat, wicker luncheon-basket) under your feet,' he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- A mountain lion, by mispronunciation of "panther"