delineator

[ dih-lin-ee-ey-ter ]

/ dɪˈlɪn iˌeɪ tər /

a person or thing that delineates.

a tailor's pattern that can be adjusted for cutting garments of different sizes.

Origin of delineator

First recorded in 1765–75; delineate + -or²

So that the present map must be considered rather as a monument of the delineator's malignity, than of his wit.

Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works |Anonymous
The delineator and engraver have made one of the most perfect daguerreian pictures ever got up from description.

Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated |Solon Robinson
As a delineator of men and manners, she is remarkable for shrewdness, subtle perception, and truthfulness that cannot be mistaken.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 |Various
The Norwegian spring changing the earth into one carpet of moorland, broken by marshes, found its delineator in Erik Bodom.

The History of Modern Painting, Volume 2 (of 4) |Richard Muther

But it is as the delineator of immensity and secret horror that Blake by his temperament was pre-eminent.

Essays |Arthur Christopher Benson

delineator

/ (dɪˈlɪnɪˌeɪtə) /

a tailor's pattern, adjustable for different sizes