cameraman

American

[kam-er-uh-man, -muhn, kam-ruh-] / ˈkæm ər əˌmæn, -mən, ˈkæm rə- /

noun

plural

cameramen

a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or television camera.

cameraman British

/ ˈkæmərəˌmæn, ˈkæmrə- /

noun

a person who operates a film or television camera

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Usage

Gender-neutral form: camera operator

Gender

Is cameraman gender-neutral? See -man.

Etymology

Origin of cameraman

First recorded in 1900–05; camera ¹ + man

Example Sentences

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Then one day before his broadcast, Robinson instructed the cameraman to remove the slide.

From The Wall Street Journal

She turned to her cameraman and signaled for him to start recording again.

From Literature

Greaves was unable to complete the film before his death in 2014 and it was Greaves’ son David, a cameraman on the day, who eventually returned to the footage to see it to fruition.

From Los Angeles Times

As they prepared to fly from Brisbane airport, a member of the England security staff was involved in altercation with a TV cameraman.

From BBC

Jackson suggests it came from a disgruntled cameraman.

From The Wall Street Journal

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