pornographer

noun

por·​nog·​ra·​pher pȯr-ˈnä-grə-fər How to pronounce pornographer (audio)
: one who produces pornography

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Lin Wood: Headlines that John and Patsy Ramsey were pornographers. Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024 Like pornographers before it, OnlyFans aspires to respectability. Joel Stein, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024 Before Hollinghurst, few had written about gay sexuality so graphically, not even pornographers. Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024 Fortas’ foes labeled him a crony for serving as the president’s advisor, questioned his ethics by pointing to oversized payments for a teaching position, and welcomed social conservatives to tar him as a patron of criminals and pornographers. Michael Bobelian, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pornographer 

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pornographer was in 1847

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“Pornographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pornographer. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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