cameraman

noun

cameraman

noun

/ˈkæm(ə)ɹəˌmæn/

Etymology From camera + -man.

1

Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.

  • ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 24:
Synonyms
camera operator, cameraperson

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