cameraman

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈkæmrəˌmæn/ UK /ˈkæmrəˌmæn/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person who operates a film or television camera

The cameraman steadied the shot as the crowd surged forward.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who operates a... cinematographervideographeroperator photographer

Word family

Related forms cameracamerawomancameraperson

Etymology

A compound of camera and man. Camera is from Latin camera ('vaulted chamber'), via the optical device camera obscura.

camera Latin mann Old English

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Topics

People & Society Film & Television Word Formation & Derivatives

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# cameraman

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkæmrəˌmæn/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkæmrəˌmæn/

## Meanings
1. a person who operates a film or television camera

## Examples
- The cameraman steadied the shot as the crowd surged forward.

## Synonyms
- cinematographer
- videographer
- operator
- photographer

## Related Forms
- camera
- camerawoman
- cameraperson

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: camera
- Root: mann

## Etymology
A compound of camera and man. Camera is from Latin camera ('vaulted chamber'), via the optical device camera obscura.

## AI Etymology
Cameraman is a compound of camera and man. Camera is from Latin camera ('vaulted chamber'), via the optical device camera obscura. The historical trail runs through camera in Latin and mann in Old English. Morphologically, cameraman is transparent: it is a compound of camera and man. Used as a noun, cameraman now means "a person who operates a film or television camera", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as camera, camerawoman, and cameraperson. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Film & Television
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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