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# cameraman

noun (a cameraman, cameramen)

«cameraman» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A person whose job is to operate a camera for films or television. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cameraman/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and media lessons, the cameraman films the news, sport or a film. A more neutral word for anyone doing the job is «camera operator», since many are women.

### Examples

- The cameraman filmed the football match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cameraman/#x1)
- The reporter and her cameraman went to the flood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cameraman/#x2)
- The cameraman ran backwards to keep the runner in the shot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cameraman/#x3)
- Wave to the cameraman! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cameraman/#x4)
- My aunt works as a camera operator on wildlife films. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cameraman/#x5)

### Note

Plural: cameramen. Gender-neutral: camera operator, camera person.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cameraman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cameraman/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cameraman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cameraman.html) on Mova free.