cameraman

[ kam-er-uh-man, -muhn, kam-ruh- ]

noun

, plural cam·er·a·men [kam, -er-, uh, -men, -m, uh, n, kam, -r, uh, -].

1. a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or television camera.

cameraman

/ ˈkæmərəˌmæn; ˈkæmrə- /

noun

1. a person who operates a film or television camera

Gender Note

Is cameraman gender-neutral? See -man.

Usage

Gender-neutral form: camera operator

Word History and Origins

Origin of cameraman¹

First recorded in 1900–05; camera ¹ + man

Example Sentences

I used to cover conventions as a producer and cameraman and that meant conducting lots of interviews from crowded show floors.

From Popular-Science

More than three hundred reporters, photographers, cameramen, and soundmen were clustered close by.

From Time

Separately in recent days, a man from Illinois was charged with assaulting a cameraman, and a Pennsylvania woman was accused of encouraging and broadcasting an attack on a photographer working for the New York Times.

From Washington Post

Clifford’s success at local television stations in Cleveland landed him a gig as a freelance video cameraman and later a producer for the Chicago and Washington bureaus of CBS News.

From Washington Post

They also clapped back at the cameraman for crossing the six foot barrier.

From Essence.com

The cameraman was reporting on the factory catching fire when the inevitable happened.

From The Daily Beast

Thankfully, someone was there to capture this “jit going ham,” as the cameraman put it.

From The Daily Beast

The cameraman, Anton, had spent the night in a single cell without any chance to let his station know where he was.

From The Daily Beast

When he had us all ready, he used to turn his back to the shot and let the cameraman tell him when it was done.

From The Daily Beast

So I became top documentary cameraman by the mid to late 1980s, and it was around that time that Robert Altman came to town.

From The Daily Beast

Nagpús na bayà siya nga wà pa ang mangungúdak, My, you are posing even if there is no cameraman around.

From Project Gutenberg

The cameraman who had been grinding away steadily had deserted the bus and was dragging his camera with him.

From Project Gutenberg

The cameraman who had ground away steadily through the thick of the raging flames crept over to his machine.

From Project Gutenberg

As he comes out from behind the sign that obstructs the cameraman from the President.

From Project Gutenberg

The cameraman was still untouched by the successive waves of fear and joyfulness.

From Project Gutenberg