Meanings
nounphotographist (plural photographists)
plural photographists
- datedOne who produces photographs.
No photographist can picture them, no words can describe them, no fancy can sketch them.
1922, Thomas De Witt Talmage quoted in The Wisdom and Wit of T. De Witt Talmage, George H. Doran Company; page #112Synonyms: photographer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who produces photographs.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Englishphotograph
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Frenchphotographie
- Englishphotography
- Englishphotographist
From photograph + -ist or photography + -ist.
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photographist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographist
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“photographist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photographist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographist.
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