cameraman
noun
cam·era·man
ˈkam-rə-ˌman 
-mən,
ˈka-mə-rə-
: a person who operates a camera (as for motion pictures or television)
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Her crew of 50 cameramen was supplemented by an order from the government that all of the weekly German news shows were to make their footage available to her.
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Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Her breakthrough film, Elizabeth (1998), her first Academy Award nomination, earned cameraman Remi Adefarasin an Oscar nom (and a Golden Frog win at Camerimage).
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The two are bare-faced as a cameraman stands behind them.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Sarkozy’s journey through Paris, which took him past the French National Assembly parliament building, was also captured live with more than a dozen cameramen on bikes tailing his car.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
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Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Her breakthrough film, Elizabeth (1998), her first Academy Award nomination, earned cameraman Remi Adefarasin an Oscar nom (and a Golden Frog win at Camerimage).
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The two are bare-faced as a cameraman stands behind them.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Sarkozy’s journey through Paris, which took him past the French National Assembly parliament building, was also captured live with more than a dozen cameramen on bikes tailing his car.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cameraman
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“Cameraman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cameraman. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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