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photographer

Pronunciation: /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/

The English word “photographer” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.

Etymology

From photograph + -er, from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive singular of φῶς (phôs, “light”) (fōs) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). By surface analysis, photograph + er.

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