poleman

noun

pole·​man

ˈpōlmən

plural polemen

1

: one that uses a pole (as in surveying, lumbering, or fighting)

2

: one that picks up the sound from a motion-picture stage by moving a microphone mounted on the end of an adjustable boom close to the speaking actors

called also boom man

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