camcorder

American  

[kam-kawr-der] / ˈkæmˌkɔr dər /

noun

• camcorders
  plural

1. a lightweight handheld video camera.

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camcorder British  

/ ˈkæmˌkɔːdə /

noun

1. a video camera and recorder combined in a portable unit

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• camcorders
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of camcorder

First recorded in 1980–85; cam(era) ¹ + (re)corder

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Example Sentences

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camcorder camcorders

With nothing but a handheld camcorder, a man traverses endless corridors and rooms adorned with soft-chartreuse wallpaper.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

Just before this, Sasha’s father has been filming the family with a camcorder, a habit of his, but when the cops arrive he hands the camera to Sasha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

It featured Bryn clearing out his home when he stumbles upon a camcorder tape labelled "The Fishing Trip".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

Eventually, an old VHS tape of Aviva as a baby was found, shot on a family camcorder in the 1990s.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025

I remove my camcorder from my bag and hold it up like a trophy.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

When Ty Lue was asked what Paul George was able to do today he said to get our little camcorders out and we’d see.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

Her Tony-nominated 1993 show “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” expanded the grainy picture granted by the camcorders capturing riots in the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023

It needed camcorders to become so cheap and accessible to the average person that children could be given total unsupervised access to them.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2022

A year before YouTube launched, the rap trio gave 50 fans in their Madison Square Garden audience camcorders to capture the concert.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021

Everyone was there, with flashing cameras and bulky camcorders.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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