cameraman
/ˈkæm(ə)ɹəˌmæn/
cameraman noun: somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.

Noun
cameraman (plural cameramen)
- Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.
- ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 24
- Synonyms:
- camera operator, cameraperson
cameraman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cameraman in Hindi
- कैमरामैन
cameraman in Tamil
- நிழற்படக் கருவியாளர்
cameraman in Marathi
- somebody who operates a film or TV camera
- कॅमेरामॅन kĕmerāmĕn
cameraman in Urdu
- عکاس
More languagesFewer languages
- cameraman in Bengali
- ক্যামেরাম্যান
- cameraman in Telugu
- కెమెరామెన్
- cameraman in Malayalam
- ക്യാമറാമാൻ, ക്യാമറമാൻ
- cameraman in Kannada
- ಕ್ಯಾಮರಾಮನ್, ಕ್ಯಾಮೆರಾಮನ್, ಕ್ಯಾಮರಾಮೆನ್
- cameraman in Punjabi
- ਕੈਮਰਾਮੈਨ, ਕੈਮਰੇਮੈਨ
- cameraman in Gujarati
- કેમેરામેન, કેમેરામૅન, કેમેરામેઇન
- cameraman in Odia
- କ୍ଯ଼ାମେରାମ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍, କ୍ଯ଼ାମେରାମ୍ଯ଼ାନ, କ୍ଯ଼ାମେରାମେନ୍
- cameraman in Nepali
- क्यामेराम्यान, क्यामराम्यान, क्यामेरामन
- cameraman in Indonesian
- kamerawan, kameramen
- cameraman in Persian
- فیلمبردار filmbardâr
- cameraman in Thai
- ตากล้อง dtaa-glɔ̂ng
- cameraman in Vietnamese
- chuyên viên quay phim, chuyên viên ghi hình, người quay phim, người ghi hình
Examples of cameraman in a sentence
- The cameraman tracked the plane down so we have a recording of the crash.
- Allwork was an innovative cameraman, credited with the invention of the stump-cam.
- Lela was saddled with a cameraman, shooting “B-Reel” somewhere in the fairgrounds.
Synonyms of cameraman
- camera operator
- cameraperson
Forms of cameraman
| plural | cameramen |
|---|---|
| alternative form | camera-man |
Origin of cameraman
From camera + -man.
Questions about cameraman
- What does cameraman mean?
- Cameraman means somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.
- What is cameraman in Hindi?
- Cameraman in Hindi is कैमरामैन. See Cameraman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cameraman?
- Cameraman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cameraman?
- Cameraman is pronounced /ˈkæm(ə)ɹəˌmæn/.
- What is the plural of cameraman?
- The plural of cameraman is cameramen.
Words near cameraman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cameraman (page history and authors); cameraman (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cameraman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cameraman (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cameraman (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cameraman (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cameraman (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cameraman (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cameraman (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cameraman (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cameraman (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cameraman (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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