portraitist

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

portraitist
    n 1: a painter or drawer of portraits [syn: {portraitist},
         {portrait painter}, {portrayer}, {limner}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Portraitist \Por"trait*ist\, n.
   A portrait painter. [R.] --Hamerton.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "portraitist":
      aquarellist, colorist, historical painter, landscapist, luminarist,
      luminist, marine painter, miniaturist, monochromist, oil-colorist,
      painter, pavement artist, polychromist, portrait painter,
      scene painter, scenewright, scenographer, still-life painter,
      watercolorist

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