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# illustrator

«illustrator» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who draws or paints the pictures for books…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an illustrator, illustrators)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who draws or paints the pictures for books, magazines, posters or websites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrator/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In reading and art lessons: the author writes the words and the illustrator draws the pictures. Phrases: author and illustrator, children's book illustrator.

### examples

- Quentin Blake was the illustrator of many Roald Dahl books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrator/#x1)
- The illustrator drew a funny dragon on every page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrator/#x2)
- Who is the illustrator of this picture book? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrator/#x3)
- She wants to be an illustrator when she grows up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrator/#x4)
- Some authors are also their own illustrators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrator/#x5)
- The illustrator used watercolours for the pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrator/#x6)
- It is seldom, indeed, that an illustrator enters so thoroughly into the spirit of his text. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrator/#x7)

### note

Use an, not a: an illustrator. Verb: illustrate; noun: illustration. The title page often says Illustrated by.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «illustrator» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrator/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.