painter 1
/payn"teuhr/ , n.
1. an artist who paints pictures.
2. a person who coats walls or other surfaces with paint, esp. as an occupation.
3. ( cap. ) Astron. the constellation Pictor.
[ 1300-50; PAINT + ER 1 ; r. ME peyntour peintour ]
painter 2
/payn"teuhr/ , n.
a rope, usually at the bow, for fastening a boat to a ship, stake, etc.
[ 1300-50; ME peyntour, prob. pentoir, var. of pendoir rope, cord for hanging things on. See PEND, -ER 2 ]
painter 3
/payn"teuhr/ , n.
cougar.
[ 1755-65, Amer. ; var. of PANTHER ]