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cameraman

/ˈkæm(ə)ɹəˌmæn/

cameraman noun: somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.

cameraman: somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera
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Noun

cameraman (plural cameramen)

  1. 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
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.

All 11 example sentences with cameraman

Synonyms of cameraman

Forms of cameraman

pluralcameramen
alternative formcamera-man

Plural of cameraman: cameramen

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

  1. cameralist
  2. cameralistic
  3. cameralistics
  4. cameralists
  5. camerality
  6. cameraman
  7. cameramans
  8. cameramen
  9. camerapeople
  10. cameraperson
  11. camerapersons

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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