snapshooter

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noun

A photographer; someone who takes snapshots.

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Meanings

nounsnapshooter (plural snapshooters)

plural snapshooters

  1. artsA photographer; someone who takes snapshots.

    At home, on the street, Zuleika was the smiling target of all snap-shooters, and all the snap-shots were snapped up by the press and reproduced with annotations […].

    1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson
  2. A camera designed specifically for taking snapshots

    The Polaroid film cameras may be dead, but you can still have instant photos with the company’s new PoGo Instant Digital Camera, a compact snapshooter with a built-in printer […]

    2009 January 15, Rik Fairlie, “A Digital Camera for Those Who Like Instant Gratification”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
snapshotter

Origin

From snap + shooter.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snapshooter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snapshooter.

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