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delineator
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What does delineator mean?
noun
- One who, or that which, delineates.
- A road safety marker that indicates where traffic should go.
- One who makes line drawings.
More meanings (10)
noun
- One who depicts or describes a character.
- A device to aid in the delineation of something.
- A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.
- Any of various devices that aid a person in copying the outlines of a drawing or object, including the ability to enlarge or shrink the image.
- Any of various jobs that involve delineation, especially that of technical details.
- A technical illustrator.
- One who makes architectural drawings.
- One who assembles a complete technical description of wetlands.
- Synonym of delimiter.
- A suffix used in some Melanesian languages that acts like a determiner and signals that the noun to which it is attached can be used as an agent.
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His delineator does not forget to mention the attitude of mystery in which the Prince took refuge whenever his feelings were hurt.
The true hero cannot, like the poet, or the delineator of fictitious adventures, put off what he has to do till to-morrow.