signwriter

noun

1. 画招牌者；画广告者
   a person who paints signs and advertisements for shops/stores and businesses

1. In St Petersburg he went cold and hungry while working as a signwriter to earn the money to pay his school fees and board and lodging.
   在圣彼得堡，他谋到一份为店家写招牌的工作以挣钱来付学费及食宿费。