lanternist
nounEtymology From lantern + -ist.
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Historical The operator of a magic lantern.
- Nevertheless, old beliefs die hard, and in spite of rational explanations, the belief that lanternists could summon spirits persisted.2005, Paul Clee, Before Hollywood: From Shadow Play to the Silver Screen, page 21:
- Lanternists first used glass slides as a surface for hand-drawn and photographic imagery and, in the 20th century, glass was replaced by 35mm film transparencies.2014, Ludwig Vogl-Bienek, Richard Crangle, Screen Culture and the Social Question, 1880-1914: