paparazzo
noun/ˌpæpəˈrætsəʊ/
/ˌpɑːpəˈrɑːtsəʊ/
(also pap
/pæp/
/pæp/
)(plural paparazzi
[usually plural]/ˌpæpəˈrætsi/
/ˌpɑːpəˈrɑːtsi/
)- a photographer who follows famous people around in order to get interesting photographs of them to sell to a newspaperTopics TV, radio and newsc1Word Origin1960s: from Italian, from the name of a character in the Italian director Fellini's film La Dolce Vita (1960).
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