1. American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815); [syn: Copley, John Copley, John Singleton Copley]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Copley
n 1: American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John
Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American
Revolution (1738-1815) [syn: Copley, John Copley, John
Singleton Copley]