noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 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!’"

2. 2
   a male photographer who operates a movie camera wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

camera operatorcamera operatorcamerapersoncamerapersoncinematographermonitor

Example

More examples

"What is the nationality of that cameraman over there?"

Etymology

From camera + -man.

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