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moviemaker

moviemaker noun: a person who makes movies as a profession; a cinematographer.

Noun

moviemaker (plural moviemakers)

  1. A person who makes movies as a profession; a cinematographer.
    • Part of why Mr. Dick’s work appeals so much to moviemakers is his pulpish sensibility.2007 May 6, Charles Mcgrath, “A Prince of Pulp, Legit at Last”, in The New York Times
    • The outrage that greeted The Silence—howls of bishops, scissorings of censors, even feces-smeared toilet paper sent to the director—denoted public horror at a morally serious moviemaker surrendering (it seemed) […]2010, Maaret Koskinen, Ingmar Bergman's The Silence, →ISBN

Forms of moviemaker

pluralmoviemakers

Origin of moviemaker

From movie + maker.

Questions about moviemaker

What does moviemaker mean?
Moviemaker means a person who makes movies as a profession; a cinematographer.
What part of speech is moviemaker?
Moviemaker is a noun.
What is the plural of moviemaker?
The plural of moviemaker is moviemakers.

Words near moviemaker in the dictionary

  1. movieizing
  2. movieland
  3. movieless
  4. movielike
  5. movielore
  6. moviemaker
  7. moviemakers
  8. moviemaking
  9. moviemania
  10. movieoke
  11. movieola

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