Paparazzo Definition

päpə-rätsō
paparazzi
noun
A freelance photographer who doggedly pursues celebrities to take candid pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers.
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Other Word Forms of Paparazzo

Noun

Singular:
paparazzo
Plural:
paparazzi

Origin of Paparazzo

  • From Paparazzo the surname of a character typifying such a photographer in the film La Dolce Vita (1960) by Federico Fellini

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Italian paparazzo

    From Wiktionary

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