colourman
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editcolourman (plural colourmen)
- A man who sells (and, formerly, prepares) an artist's paints. [from 17th c.]
- 1791, Henry Fuseli, edited by David H. Weinglass, Collected English Letters of Henry Fuseli, Kraus International, published 1982, page 73:
- The Least, my Colourman will run away with, is fifty pounds per annum; my house with taxes stand me at least in Seventy […].
- (British spelling, broadcasting) A commentator employed to provide background information, analysis, etc., on a given news or sports event. [from 20th c.]
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