impressionist

Borrowed from French impressionniste.

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impressionist (plural impressionists)

1. (art) One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism.
2. (entertainment) A performer who does impressions; a mimic.
   • 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:

     When impressionists (and especially lazy impressionists) delivered their comedic interpretation of [Bill] Clinton, the phrase they always used was “I feel your pain,” expressed with a sympathetic Southern drawl.

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “impressionist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “impressionist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.