Other forms: decorators
A decorator is somebody who paints and papers rooms for a living. Dust sheets down, brushes out, radio on.
In Britain the trade is usually painting and decorating, and the sign on the van says both. American English uses decorator for an interior designer, which is a different profession entirely, and that mismatch causes real confusion. The verb is decorate, which also means putting up Christmas decorations, and the noun decoration covers everything from wallpaper to tinsel.
1noundecoratorA person whose job is painting and papering rooms.
“The decorator finished the hall in two days.”
Proto-Indo-European
*deḱ-
Latin
decorātus
Middle English
decorat — adorned
English
decorate
English, today
decorator
Built from
From decorate + -or. decorate comes from Middle English decorat (“adorned”), from Latin decorātus, perfect passive participle of decorō (“to adorn, distinguish, honor”) (see -ate), from decus (“ornament, grace, dignity, honor”), akin to decor (“elegance, grace, beauty, ornament”), from decet (“adorn, befit”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA