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portrait

/ˈpɔɹtɹət/ adjective C2
  1. Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal. · a portrait bust; a portrait statue
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I have, therefore, chosen this drawing-room, where you see, smiling and happy in their magnificent frames, your portrait, mine, my mother’s, and all sorts of rural landscapes and touching pastorals.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 949 · C1
“No, I remember his saying that she was of German extraction, and I have seen her portrait.
The Valley of Fear, p. 51 · C1
Sure enough, I found his chubby face smiling up at me from the Rogues' Portrait Gallery.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 88 · B2
_You_ think it a faithful portrait, undoubtedly.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 103 · B2

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