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noun
A person who operates a film projector, especially one who does so as an occupation at a movie theatre or drive-in theatre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One who subscribes to the philosophy of projectionism.
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noun
the person who operates the projector in a movie house
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
History
Etymology tree English projection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English projectionist From projection + -ist.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
