limner Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a painter or drawer of portraits
    portraitist; portrayer; portrait painter.

WordNet

Lim"ner noun
Etymology
F. enlumineur, LL. illuminator. See Limn, and cf. Alluminor.
Definitions
  1. A painter; an artist; esp.: (a) One who paints portraits. (b) One who illuminates books. Archaic

Webster 1913