cameraman

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/ˈkæm(ə)ɹəˌmæn/

noun

Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.

Similar
camera operatorcameraperson
OriginMiddle English man ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann →
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Meanings

nouncameraman (plural cameramen)

plural cameramen · alternative camera-man

  1. Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.

    ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’

    1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 24

    Synonyms: camera operator, cameraperson

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.

Similar
camera operatorcameraperson

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*kmárati
  3. Proto-Iranian*kamarā
  4. Ancient Greekκαμάρα (kamára)
  5. Latincamera
  6. Englishcamera
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  8. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  9. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  10. Old Englishmann
  11. Middle Englishman
  12. Englishcameraman

From camera + -man.

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Translations

Catalan cameràman
  • cameràmansomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Chinese Mandarin 攝影者 /摄影者, 攝影師 /摄影师
  • 攝影者 /摄影者 (shèyǐngzhě)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • 攝影師 /摄影师 (shèyǐngshī)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
Czech kameraman
  • kameramansomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Danish kameramand
  • kameramandsomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Esperanto kameraisto
  • kameraistosomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Estonian filmioperaator
  • filmioperaatorsomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Finnish kuvaaja, kameramies
  • kuvaajasomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • kameramiessomebody who operates a film or TV camera
French caméraman, cadreur
  • caméramansomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • cadreursomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • opérateur de prises de vuessomebody who operates a film or TV camera
German Kameramann, Kamerafrau
  • Kameramannsomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • Kamerafrausomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • Kameraoperateursomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Greek εικονολήπτης, εικονολήπτρια
  • εικονολήπτης (eikonolíptis)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • εικονολήπτρια (eikonolíptria)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
Hungarian operatőr
  • operatőrsomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Indonesian kamerawan, kameramen
  • kamerawansomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • kameramensomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Italian operatore, addetto
  • operatoresomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • addettosomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Japanese 撮影技師, カメラマン
  • 撮影技師 (satsuei gishi)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • カメラマン (kameraman)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
Korean 카메라맨
  • 카메라맨 (kameramaen)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
Persian فیلمبردار
  • فیلمبردار (filmbardâr)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
Polish kamerzysta
  • kamerzystasomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Portuguese cameraman, câmera
  • cameramansomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • câmerasomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Romanian cameraman
  • cameramansomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Russian киноопера́тор, телеопера́тор
  • киноопера́тор (kinooperátor)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • телеопера́тор (teleoperátor)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
Spanish camarógrafo, camarógrafa
  • camarógrafosomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • camarógrafasomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • cámarasomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Swedish kameraman, filmfotograf
  • kameramansomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • filmfotografsomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Thai ตากล้อง
  • ตากล้อง (dtaa-glɔ̂ng)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
Turkish kameraman
  • kameramansomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Ukrainian кіноопера́тор
  • кіноопера́тор (kinooperátor)somebody who operates a film or TV camera
Vietnamese chuyên viên quay phim, chuyên viên ghi hình
  • chuyên viên quay phimsomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • chuyên viên ghi hìnhsomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • người quay phimsomebody who operates a film or TV camera
  • người ghi hìnhsomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Welsh dyn camera
  • dyn camerasomebody who operates a film or TV camera
Cite this entry
APA

cameraman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cameraman

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“cameraman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cameraman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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