clapper-loader

noun

A person employed to operate the clapperboard and to load film into the camera.

Meanings

nounclapper-loader (plural clapper-loaders)

plural clapper-loaders

  1. broadcastingA person employed to operate the clapperboard and to load film into the camera.
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