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cameraman

[ kam-er-uh-man, -muhn, kam-ruh- ]

noun

plural cameramen
  1. a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or television camera.


cameraman

/ ˈkæmərəˌmæn; ˈkæmrə- /

noun

  1. a person who operates a film or television camera
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Gender-neutral form: camera operator
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Gender Note

Is cameraman gender-neutral? See -man.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cameraman1

First recorded in 1900–05; camera 1 + man
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Example Sentences

He and an unidentified man and the cameraman, who does not speak, moved relatively freely among City Hall rooms and hallways around noon on Feb. 14.

"I must have seen at least 5,000 bodies. I saw them with my own eyes," he tells our cameraman.

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A Fox Sports cameraman attempted to block the ball as it came down, but it bounced off his hand and then high off the right side of an unsuspecting Siemienowski’s head.

They said children, a cameraman who worked for the Al Jazeera TV network and personnel from the Civil Defence agency were among the dead.

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Last weekend, thugs were filmed attacking a TV reporter and cameraman.

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