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From portrait + -or. Compare Middle English portratoure, portreitour, portretour, porturature, purtrator, purtreiture (“one who draws or paints”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: One who makes portraits. Full definition →
From portrait + -or. Compare Middle English portratoure, portreitour, portretour, porturature, purtrator, purtreiture (“one who draws or paints”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.