Meanings
plural pornographers
- One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography.First known use mid-19th c.
Clearly, if pornographers could still use the name without any sexual connotation in the late-nineteenth century, it is likely that many conventional writers in this period were completely unaware that fanny carried a sexual meaning.
2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 1121 more example
The real-life cast of characters grew to include bikers, gamblers, a brutal money lender named Butchie (Andrew Dice Clay) and assorted bottom feeders like Gauthier’s accomplice Milton Ingley (Nick Offerman), a pornographer in the San Fernando Valley.
2022 February 2, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “‘Pam & Tommy’: A Story of Sex, Crimes and Videotape”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2022Synonyms: pornographist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From pornography + -er or porno- + -grapher.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque pornografo
- pornografoperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Bengali পর্নোগ্রাফার
- পর্নোগ্রাফার (pornōgraphar)person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Bulgarian порнограф
- порнограф (pornograf)person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Catalan pornògraf, pornista
- pornògrafperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- pornistaperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Czech pornograf
- pornografperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Danish pornograf
- pornografperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Dutch pornograaf
- pornograafperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Finnish pornotuottaja, pornonäyttelijä
- pornotuottajaperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- pornonäyttelijäperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- pornotyöläinenperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- pornoammattilainenperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
French pornographe
- pornographeperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
German Pornograph (Pornograf m), Pornographin
- Pornograph (Pornograf m)person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- Pornographinperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Greek πορνογράφος
- πορνογράφος (pornográfos)person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Hungarian pornográf író, trágár író
- pornográf íróperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- trágár íróperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- szeméremsértő íróperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Icelandic klámritahöfundur
- klámritahöfundurperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Irish pornagrafaí
- pornagrafaíperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Italian pornografo, pornografa
- pornografoperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- pornografaperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Japanese 官能小説家
- 官能小説家 (kannōshōsetsuka)person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Latvian pornogrāfs
- pornogrāfsperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Lithuanian pornografas
- pornografasperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Norwegian pornograf
- pornografperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Polish pornograf
- pornografperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Portuguese pornógrafo, pornógrafa
- pornógrafoperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- pornógrafaperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Romanian pornograf, pornografă
- pornografperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- pornografăperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Russian изготови́тель порнографии, распространитель порнографии
- изготови́тель порнографии (izgotovítelʹ pornografii)person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- распространитель порнографии (rasprostranitelʹ pornografii)person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Spanish pornógrafo, pornógrafa
- pornógrafoperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- pornógrafaperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Swedish pornograf, porrförläggare
- pornografperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
- porrförläggareperson involved in creation or dissemination of pornography
Cite this entry
pornographer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pornographer
“pornographer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pornographer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pornographer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pornographer.
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