Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who operates a movie projector.
- noun A maker of map projections.
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- noun A person who operates a
film projector , especially one who does so as anoccupation
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- noun the person who operates the projector in a movie house
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Examples
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Hearst settled into his big leather chair with its telephone, called the projectionist and gave an order.
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Unluckily for the attendees, the projectionist is a vampire -- and with his help, the human audience is trapped inside, ready to be feasted upon.
Cinematical 2009
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You would think that the wonderment and excitement of the "projectionist" magic would somehow spice up this tale, but it only plays a bit part in setting up a reason for the couples to meet.
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Projection jobs were hard to come by, but Brinckle discovered a loophole: When he was drafted for war at age 27, he wrote "projectionist" as his career on registration paper.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Set in Paris in 1910, the film is about a shy movie projectionist (Harrington) and an inventor who team up with a cabaret star (Vanessa Paradis), an eccentric scientist and his monkey to save the city from a monster.
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Clark im a projectionist in a small theater outside altantic city, nj. i wouldnt go so far as to call it independent but we do play independent movies when the opportunity comes. we've had to cut costs due to fact that its such a small theater and the regal is up the street.
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"Even the elderly projectionist was crying, saying he couldn't remember the last time he had seen so many families gathered in the auditorium."
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And Digital Masters while still a lot of work are no where near as difficult as an organic film print - it takes an amazing amount of time to get the perfect print, only for some retarded 15 year old projectionist at the multiplex to drag it across the floor
Fox Created 18 Different Versions of Avatar for the U.S., Over 100 Versions Worldwide | /Film 2010
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How many monikers have you had, you projectionist dooshbag?
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That still doesnt, as you wish, make me a TEAer or a GOP supporter or a liberal or any other projectionist fodder for your imagination.
Steveproj commented on the word projectionist
Projectionist is someone who cares about the movie and the people he is projecting too, an operator presses the start button in a modern multiplex.
June 8, 2009