Definition of cameraman
: a person who operates a camera (as for motion pictures or television)
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Ramin Sangar, a cameraman at a television channel near the bombing site, said as he was loaded into an ambulance.
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Two foreign reporters -- Japanese cameraman Hiro Muramoto and Italian photojournalist Fabio Polenghi -- were killed while covering violence in Thailand in 2010.
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The cameraman, bouncing from one foot to the other, finally knocked the insect to the ground.
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Another cameraman then tried to get her thoughts on president Donald Trump, but Minaj kept her lips zipped.
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Those missing included a television cameraman and a photographer working for the Reuters news agency; a journalist with the Spanish daily El Mundo; and a journalist with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.
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1883
First Known Use of cameraman
1883
CAMERAMAN Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of cameraman for English Language Learners
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: someone (especially a man) who uses a camera to film something (such as a movie or television show)
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