dessinateur

draughtsman, illustrator

noun deh-see-nah-TUR Rare

Origin: From dessiner (to draw)

Also means

cartoonist, comic-book artist

Usage Note

Dessinateur covers technical drawing (a dessinateur industriel produces engineering blueprints) and artistic illustration (a dessinateur de bandes dessinées draws comics). The feminine is dessinatrice. In animation, a dessinateur animateur produces frame-by-frame drawings.

Examples

"Ce dessinateur publie une bande dessinée chaque semaine."

Natural Translation

This cartoonist publishes a comic strip every week.

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