noun
Meaning 1
A male photographer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lensman
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who takes photographs professionally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: photographer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artist, creative person
Narrower terms: cameraman, camera operator, cinematographer, paparazzo, press photographer, Brady, Mathew B. Brady, Eisenstaedt, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Lange, Dorothea Lange, Steichen, Edward Jean Steichen, Stieglitz, Alfred Stieglitz, Talbot, Fox Talbot, William Henry Fox Talbot, Weston, Edward Weston
History
Etymology
From lens + -man, 1930s.