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camerist

camerist noun: a photographer.

Noun

camerist (plural camerists)

  1. (obsolete) A photographer.
    • The various difficulties incident to taking small heads or figures greatly increase when it comes to taking large ones and, justly, the camerist who takes good ones is proud of them.1890, The American Amateur Photographer, volume 2, page 262

Forms of camerist

pluralcamerists

Origin of camerist

From camera + -ist.

Questions about camerist

What does camerist mean?
Camerist means a photographer.
What part of speech is camerist?
Camerist is a noun.
What is the plural of camerist?
The plural of camerist is camerists.

Words near camerist in the dictionary

  1. camerawork
  2. cameraworker
  3. cameraworkers
  4. cameraworks
  5. Camerina
  6. camerist
  7. camerists
  8. camerlengo
  9. camerlengos
  10. camerlingate
  11. camerlingates

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