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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pre·raph·a·el·ite a. Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pre·raph·a·el·ite, n.
 1. One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism.
 2. Popularly, any modern artist thought to be a would-be restorer of early ideas or methods, as one of the German painters often called Nazarenes, or one who paints and draws with extreme minuteness of detail.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Pre-Raphaelite
      adj : of or relating to or characteristic of the pre-Raphaelites;
            "the Pre-Raphaelite painters"
      n : a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance
          ideals