lensman

[lenz-muhn]

noun

Informal.

plural

lensmen 

1. a photographer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lensman¹

First recorded in 1950–55; lens + -man

Example Sentences

The lensmen set the mood for each hour's walk through the foursome's claimed history of influencing culture by elevating certain designers.

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The lensman didn’t just work in the fashion industry.

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This time, there were fewer lensmen; the plumage was far less extravagant.

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Longtime grizzly lensman Tom Mangelsen was staked out near Pacific Creek on Monday afternoon when a text popped up prompting him to swiftly head west.

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Robert Frank, the Swiss-born lensman who helped reinvent the from with his stark depictions of quotidian life in the U.S. in his book “The Americans” has died at 94.

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