Portrait
WordNet
noun
(1) Any likeness of a person
"The photographer made excellent portraits"
(2) A painting of a person's face
(3) A word picture of a person's appearance and character
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Etymology
From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, noun use of the past participle of portraire ‘portray’.
Noun
- A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
- An accurate depiction of a mood.
- The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
Noun
portrait (uncountable)
- : a print mode or selection specifying the rectangle to be printed on having the vertical sides longer than the horizontal sides.