Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portrayer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
por-tray-er
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Agent noun of portray; one who portrays.

Etymology

From Middle English portraer, portrayer, portreyour, purtrayour, purtreoure, purtreyour, from Middle French portraieor, pourtraiour; equivalent to portray + -er.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

portrayers (plural)

Synonyms

portraitist portrait painter limner

Questions

What does portrayer mean?
Agent noun of portray; one who portrays.
Where does portrayer come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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