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photojournalist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A journalist who uses photojournalism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: journalist

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- Proto-Indo-European *bhéh2os Proto-Hellenic *pháwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English journalist English photojournalist From photo- + journalist.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ֆոտոլրագրող (fotolragroġ) — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Catalan: fotojornalista — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • French: photojournaliste — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Georgian: ფოტოჟურნალისტი (poṭožurnalisṭi) — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Greek: φωτοδημοσιογράφος (fotodimosiográfos) — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Hungarian: fotóriporter — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Irish: fóta-iriseoir — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Italian: fotogiornalista — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Italian: fotoreporter — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Occitan: fotojornalista — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Polish: fotoreporter — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Polish: fotoreporterka — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Russian: фотожурнали́ст (fotožurnalíst) — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Russian: фотожурнали́стка (fotožurnalístka) — journalist who uses photojournalism
  • Spanish: fotoperiodista — journalist who uses photojournalism
Real reading context

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