house painter
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- noun
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pintor de casas
- I ran into a house painter in upstate NY who had 2 kids and a wife, and no health insurance.
- carpenters and house painters
- plumbers and house painters
- worked as a house painter
You don't want to go to court and compel that house painter to paint your house because they'll do a bad job.
- You don't want to go to court and compel that house painter to paint your house because they'll do a bad job.
- Landscaper, septic tank pumper, chimney sweep, house painter and most important, volunteer fireman.
Examples
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Two house painters and all their gear are in an empty office in front of a big picture window.
Fiction book (1995) -
"That describes every house painter I ever met," she said.
Fiction book (1990) -
You worked as a house painter for 20 days?
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His papa was not a simple house painter.
Fiction book (2001) -
And his occupation was house painter, right?
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When I was young, I thought house painters painted houses.
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Lianna's mother was a house painter.
Fiction book (1998) -
In 1842, a French house painter, Edme Jean LeClaire, instituted a profit-sharing program for his employees.
Blog text (29) -
Clement William Vizenor, or Idee, a nickname and a tribute to his eyes, was twenty-four years old, a reservation-born mixedblood in dark clothes; he was a house painter and lived with his mother, two sisters, and four brothers.
Fiction book (1990) -
As a skilled house painter, she transformed the facades of many historic homes in the neighborhood.
Synonyms
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A person who puts colour on walls, furniture, or buildings as a job
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Morphology
The meaning 'a person who paints houses' is directly and transparently composed from 'house' (building for living) + 'painter' (person who applies paint). This noun + agent pattern is highly productive and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
House painter is a simple, literal name: a painter on a ladder with a brush, covering the walls of a house with paint. So it means 'a person who paints the inside or outside of houses'.