Pre-Raph·a·el·ite also pre-Raph·a·el·ite 
(prē-răfē-ə-līt′, -rāfē-)
(prē-răfē-ə-līt′, -rāfē-)n.
A painter or writer belonging to or influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a society founded in England in 1848 to advance the style and spirit of Italian painting before Raphael.
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites.
Pre-Rapha·el·it′ism n.