paparazzi
(noun)
ˌpɑːpəˈrɑːtsi
Definitions
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Freelance photographers who pursue celebrities to get photographs of them.
Commissioned shadows with lenses, eternally chasing stars that shimmer in the daylight, capturing flickers of the unattainable.Example: The paparazzi followed the actress to the restaurant.
Origin
1960s: from Italian, plural of paparazzo, the name of a photographer in Federico Fellini's film La Dolce Vita (1960).
Synonyms
photographers, freelancers, photojournalists