Propmaster

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person in charge of cinematic props.

    "When he gets around to drinking his first cup of coffee in 30 years (his crew, he says, urges him to try it for a pick-me-up), it’s naturally from one of those so-called Anthora Greek-themed diner cups; his propmaster must have sought long and hard for one of those endangered artifacts."

Example

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"When he gets around to drinking his first cup of coffee in 30 years (his crew, he says, urges him to try it for a pick-me-up), it’s naturally from one of those so-called Anthora Greek-themed diner cups; his propmaster must have sought long and hard for one of those endangered artifacts."

Etymology

From prop + master.

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