pornographer

[pawr-nog-ruh-fer]

noun

1. a person who sells, produces, films, photographs, or writes pornography.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pornographer¹

First recorded in 1840–50; pornograph(y) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

He argued that moving their business online should not give pornographers a 1st Amendment right “to provide access to nearly inexhaustible amounts of obscenity to any child with a smartphone.”

From Los Angeles Times

Is an artist who paints a nude artwork a pornographer?

From Salon

“Boogie Nights,” Anderson’s breakthrough film, is most memorable for the affection it shows its characters — a crew of pornographers and outcasts — and for its humanistic approach to their eccentricities.

From New York Times

However, “Comstock had no great luck among the so-called abortionists,” Broun and Leech found, achieving a lower percentage of convictions than against accused pornographers.

From Los Angeles Times

Its expansive definition of "obscenity" was also used to prosecute not just pornographers but booksellers and art dealers who sold classical paintings that featured nudity.

From Salon