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noun a word picture of a person's appearance and character
noun any likeness of a person, in any medium
originFrom Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō). Compare typologically English drawing.
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