| 释义 |
profilist|ˈprəʊfɪlɪst|
[f. profile n. + -ist.]
One who produces profile portraits or silhouettes.
a1800Inscription Profile Portrait in N. & Q. 9th Ser. VI. 357/1 Charles fecit, the first Profilist in England. 1808Lamb Let. to T. Manning 26 Feb., Mrs. Beetham the Profilist or Pattern Mangle woman opposite St. Dunstan's. 1833New Monthly Mag. XXXIX. 60 Likenesses..of our host and his lady, taken in fifteen seconds by an itinerant profilist. 1905Holman-Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism II. 208 The profilist who did the silhouette. |