1 a painting, drawing or photograph of a person, especially of the head and shoulders:
He had his portrait painted in uniform. * a full-length portrait * a portrait painter
seealsoSELF-PORTRAIT
2 a detailed description of sb/sth:
a portrait of life at the French court
adjective (computing) (of a page of a document) printed so that the top of the page is one of the shorter sides
compareLANDSCAPE
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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