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wallpaperer

wallpaperer

7.3
A person who hangs decorative paper on walls
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːlˌpeɪpərər/
translation icon : empapelador
  • We hired a professional wallpaperer to redecorate the living room.

Examples

  • The wallpaperer brought several sample books for us to choose from.

  • After years as a wallpaperer, he developed an expert eye for patterns.

  • The wallpaperer finished the room in just two hours.

  • I need to hire a wallpaperer for my new house.

  • The wallpaperer skillfully hung the new floral design in our bedroom.

  • After comparing different styles, we chose a wallpaperer who specialized in vintage patterns.

  • The wallpaperer made sure to smooth out all the bubbles for a flawless finish.

Synonyms

paperhanger
vswallpaperer
1 7.4

A person who hangs wallpaper on inside walls

is used for hanging on walls without limiting to interior spaces
wall-paperer
vswallpaperer
4.4

A person who puts wallpaper on walls to decorate rooms

is written without a hyphen in modern usage
paperer
vswallpaperer
  • Archaic
8.7

A person who puts wallpaper on walls as a job

is more about physically hanging rather than focusing on decorative effect

Surface Forms

wallpaperer singular
wallpaperers plural

Morphology

wallpaperer = wallpaper (transparent) = wall + paper + er

The agent noun is regularly formed from 'wallpaper', so the job meaning is directly recoverable from the base word.

Etymology

Wallpaperer is built from wall ('the inside surface of a room'), paper ('thin material used to cover or write on'), and the ending -er ('a person who does something'). So a wallpaperer is the person who puts paper on walls, which explains the job of hanging wallpaper.