cameraman

noun

cam·​era·​man ˈkam-rə-ˌman How to pronounce cameraman (audio)
-mən,
ˈka-mə-rə-
: a person who operates a camera (as for motion pictures or television)

Examples of cameraman in a Sentence

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An Associated Press cameraman in Khan Younis counted 10 airstrikes on the city overnight into Thursday, and saw numerous bodies taken to the morgue in the city’s Nasser Hospital. Mohammad Jahjouh, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025 New York’s star guard was in a familiar position: standing on the court after a win, a national television reporter to his left and a cameraman in front of him, just feet away. James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 13 May 2025 Some people are forthright when Boulet asks, with a cameraman in tow, a question that is often not spoken, or at most in a locker-room whisper. The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025 Listen to this article 1 min American tennis player Danielle Collins had some choice words for the cameraman during her Internationaux de Strasbourg match against Emma Raducanu on Wednesday afternoon. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cameraman

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cameraman was in 1883

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“Cameraman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cameraman. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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