photographeress en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph English -er English photographer Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English photographeress From photographer + -ess.
Meanings
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(rare) A female photographer.
Miss Ring has become a crack amateur photographeress, and recently favored her Oberlin friends with some beautiful "snap shots" of French peasant women...
1891, The Oberlin Review:As your charming photographeress cannot explain by word what she wishes...
1998, Heinz K Henisch, Positive Pleasures: Early Photography and Humor:"The photographeress?" "The woman photographer of your firm." "She's not here now. She's off taking pictures of Southern coastal trees."
1975, E M Broner, Her Mothers:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| photographeresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |