lanternist
English
Etymology
lantern + -ist
Noun
lanternist (plural lanternists)
- (historical) The operator of a magic lantern.
- 2005, Paul Clee, Before Hollywood: From Shadow Play to the Silver Screen (page 21)
- Nevertheless, old beliefs die hard, and in spite of rational explanations, the belief that lanternists could summon spirits persisted.
- 2014, Ludwig Vogl-Bienek, Richard Crangle, Screen Culture and the Social Question, 1880-1914
- Lanternists first used glass slides as a surface for hand-drawn and photographic imagery and, in the 20th century, glass was replaced by 35mm film transparencies.
- 2005, Paul Clee, Before Hollywood: From Shadow Play to the Silver Screen (page 21)