limner

[ lim-ner ]

/ ˈlɪm nər /

noun

a person who paints or draws.

an itinerant painter of 18th-century America who usually had little formal training.

a person who describes or depicts in words: an essayist known as a fine limner of prominent people and their careers.

an illuminator of medieval manuscripts.

Origin of limner

1350–1400; Middle English lymnour, lymynour;see limn, -or², -er¹

Words nearby limner

limit-state design, limit switch, limivorous, limmer, limn, limner, limnetic, limnology, limnophilous, Límnos, limo

Example sentences from the Web for limner

Cotton Mather also alludes to a certain artist whom he speaks of as a limner.
Art in America|Samuel Greene Wheeler (S.G.W.) Benjamin
When Boucher died, the generation of which he was the limner was near come to its violent end.
Boucher|Haldane Macfall
The limner's art is still almost a novelty here; and many persons of rank solicited permission to witness the operation.
A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2|Otto von Kotzebue
If that was not an acknowledgment of the limner's fidelity, what could be?
Girlhood and Womanhood|Sarah Tytler

They were well manned, and had, beside the officers customary in king's ships, a botanist and limner on board each vessel.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1|David Collins

单词	limner
释义	limner [ lim-ner ] / ˈlɪm nər / noun a person who paints or draws. an itinerant painter of 18th-century America who usually had little formal training. a person who describes or depicts in words: an essayist known as a fine limner of prominent people and their careers. an illuminator of medieval manuscripts. Origin of limner 1350–1400; Middle English lymnour, lymynour;see limn, -or², -er¹ Words nearby limner limit-state design, limit switch, limivorous, limmer, limn, limner, limnetic, limnology, limnophilous, Límnos, limo Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for limner Cotton Mather also alludes to a certain artist whom he speaks of as a limner. Art in America\|Samuel Greene Wheeler (S.G.W.) Benjamin When Boucher died, the generation of which he was the limner was near come to its violent end. Boucher\|Haldane Macfall The limner's art is still almost a novelty here; and many persons of rank solicited permission to witness the operation. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2\|Otto von Kotzebue If that was not an acknowledgment of the limner's fidelity, what could be? Girlhood and Womanhood\|Sarah Tytler They were well manned, and had, beside the officers customary in king's ships, a botanist and limner on board each vessel. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1\|David Collins
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