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muralist

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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mu•ral•ist  (myŏŏrə list),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fine Artan artist who paints murals, esp. an artist associated with muralism.

adj. 
  1. Fine Artof, pertaining to, or characteristic of muralism.
  • mural + -ist

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mu•ral /ˈmyʊrəl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Fine Arta large picture painted directly on a wall or ceiling.
mu•ral•ist, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mu•ral  (myŏŏrəl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fine Arta large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
  2. a greatly enlarged photograph attached directly to a wall.
  3. a wallpaper pattern representing a landscape or the like, often with very widely spaced repeats so as to produce the effect of a mural painting on a wall of average size;
    a trompe l'oeil.

adj. 
  1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a wall.
  2. executed on or affixed to a wall:mural inscriptions.
  3. pertaining to any of several astronomical instruments that were affixed to a wall aligned on the plane of a meridian, and were formerly used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies:a mural quadrant; a mural circle.
  • Latin mūrālis, equivalent. to mūr(us) wall + -ālis -al1
  • late Middle English 1400–50

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