airbrusher

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noun

One who uses an airbrush.

OriginEnglish airbrush ← Middle English brusshe ← Old French broisse →
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Meanings

nounairbrusher (plural airbrushers)

plural airbrushers

  1. One who uses an airbrush.
  2. One who edits or alters something in order to make it appear better.

    But the events that followed are far more complicated than the airbrushers would have it.

    2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 40

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  5. Latināēr
  6. Old Frenchair
  7. Middle Englishaire
  8. Englishair
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰr̥stís
  11. Proto-Germanic*bʰurstís
  12. Proto-Germanic*burstiz
  13. Frankish*bursti
  14. Vulgar Latin*brustia
  15. Old Frenchbroisse
  16. Middle Englishbrusshe
  17. Englishbrush
  18. Englishairbrush
  19. Englishairbrusher

From airbrush + -er.

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APA

airbrusher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airbrusher

MLA

“airbrusher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airbrusher. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airbrusher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airbrusher.

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