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paparazzo

pa·pa·razzo

UK/ˌpæ.pəˈɹæt.səʊ/ US/ˌpa.pəˈɹat.səw/ rare

noun

1.

a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines

Origin

Borrowed from Italian paparazzo, from the name of Coriolano Paparazzo, a character in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita.

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