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dec·o·ra·tor

(dĕk′ə-rā′tər)

One who decorates, especially an interior decorator.

adj.

Appropriate for interior decoration: decorator colors.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

decorator

(ˈdɛkəˌreɪtə)

1. (Professions) Brit a person whose profession is the painting and wallpapering of buildings

2. a person who decorates

3. (Professions) See interior decorator¹

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dec•o•ra•tor

(ˈdɛk əˌreɪ tər)

n.

1. a person who decorates, esp. an interior decorator.

adj.

2. harmonizing with a scheme of interior decoration: appliances in decorator colors.

[1745–55]

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Noun	1.	decorator - a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings designer, house decorator, interior decorator, interior designer, room decorator specialiser, specialist, specializer - an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
	2.	decorator - someone who decorates ornamentalist artist, creative person - a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

Translations

مُزَخْرِفمُزَخْرِف، مُنَمِّق، مُزَيِّن

malíř pokojůtapetář

dekoratørmalertapetserer

Dekorateur Maler

διακοσμητής ντεκορατέρ

decorador

somistaja

décorateur

dekorater

tapétázó

málari; veggfóîrari

decoratore imbianchino addobbatore

室内装飾家

장식자

huisschilder

dekoratør interiørmaler tapetserer

dekorator

decorador

декоратор

tapetár

målare

ช่างตกแต่ง

dekaratördekoratör

người trang trí

装饰工人装饰者

decorator

[ˈdekəreɪtəʳ] N (= painter and decorator) → pintor m empapelador; (= interior decorator) → interiorista mf, decorador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

decorator

[ˈdɛkəreɪtə^r] n

(British) (= painter) → peintre mf en bâtiment

(US) (= interior decorator) → décorateur/trice m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

decorator

n (Brit) → Maler(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

decorator

[ˈdɛkəreɪtəʳ] n → decoratore/trice

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

decorate

(ˈdekəreit) verb

1. to add some kind of ornament etc to (something) to make more beautiful, striking etc. We decorated the Christmas tree with glass balls.

2. to put paint, paper etc on the walls, ceiling and woodwork of (a room). He spent a week decorating the living-room.

3. to give a medal or badge to (someone) as a mark of honour. He was decorated for his bravery.

ˌdecoˈration noun

1. something used to decorate. Christmas decorations.

2. the act of decorating. The decoration of the house will be a long job.

ˈdecorative (-rətiv) adjective

ornamental or beautiful (especially if not useful). a decorative arrangement of flowers.

ˈdecorator noun

a person who decorates rooms, houses etc. He was a painter and decorator.

decorator

→ مُزَخْرِف malíř pokojů dekoratør Maler διακοσμητής decorador somistaja décorateur dekorater decoratore 室内装飾家 장식자 huisschilder dekoratør dekorator decorador декоратор målare ช่างตกแต่ง dekoratör người trang trí 装饰者

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On another day, she wandered with him, hand in, hand, along the deserted paths of a garden whose creepers had been cut out by a decorator's skilful hands.

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However, as certain men have fertile, false, and useful vices, Fouquet, in scattering broadcast millions of money in the construction of this palace, had found a means of gathering, as the result of his generous profusion, three illustrious men together: Levau, the architect of the building; Lenotre, the designer of the gardens; and Lebrun, the decorator of the apartments.

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Danglars and his architect, who had been selected to aid the baron in the great work of improvement solely because he was the most fashionable and celebrated decorator of the day.

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There have been decorators and furnishers up from Plymouth, and it is evident that our friend has large ideas and means to spare no pains or expense to restore the grandeur of his family.

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They seemed to him two respectable working men of a superior sort - sign painters or house decorators. The big man got out of a third-class compartment backward, with a bright tin can in his hand.

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They're generally only too keen to know the right thing and do it; and they instantly put themselves body and soul into the hands of art decorators and art experts, who do the whole thing for them.

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The Dulux Decorator Centre donated the sum to Thrive after the opening of the relocated store on August 8.

PS500 donated to garden group; E&S BRIEFING

Vicky and Paul Lally A CHRISTMAS decorator to the stars, who styled the homes of Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney, has gone BUST owing PS700,000.

Tree decorator to the stars goes BUST; FRANCHISEE CALLS IN LIQUIDATOR OWING PS700k

Why then do so many still shy from using the services of a professional interior decorator when making important decorative decisions and purchases for their home?

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With four stores in Caterham, Dorking, Redhill and Reigate AkzoNobel takes its total number of Dulux Decorator Centres in the UK to 216.

AkzoNobel's Purchases Surrey, UK-based Dove Decorating Supplies

Real Estate, a premier brokerage for San Francisco residential real estate, recently announced that its listing at 465 Marina Boulevard will be this year's prestigious San Francisco Decorator Showcase property.

Hill & Co. Marina Listing is the 2018 Decorator Showcase Property

IF YOU enjoy working with your hands and take satisfaction from seeing a job through to the finished product, a career as a painter and decorator could be for you.