colourman
nounEtymology From colour + -man.
1
A man who sells (and, formerly, prepares) an artist's paints.
- The Least, my Colourman will run away with, is fifty pounds per annum; my house with taxes stand me at least in Seventy […].1791, Henry Fuseli, edited by David H. Weinglass, Collected English Letters of Henry Fuseli, Kraus International, published 1982, page 73:
2
Broadcasting, Media UK A commentator employed to provide background information, analysis, etc., on a given news or sports event.
- Synonyms
- color analyst, color announcer, color commentator, colour analyst, colour announcer, colour commentator
- Hypernyms
- sport analyst, sport announcer, sport commentator, sporting announcer, sporting commentator, sports analyst, sports announcer, sports commentator
- Coordinate terms
- play-by-play analyst, play-by-play announcer, play-by-play commentator, play-by-play man