Photographer
//fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
"Award-winning Sydney photographer Stephen Dupont’s latest exhibition focuses on change and detribalisation in Papua New Guinea ."
- 2 someone who takes photographs professionally wordnet
Example
More examples"A woman brought an old picture of her dead husband, wearing a hat, to the photographer."
Etymology
From photograph + -er, from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive singular of φῶς (phôs, “light”) (fōs) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). By surface analysis, photograph + er.
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