n. One who advocates or adopts the principles of Raphaelism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]