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Etymology

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prop +‎ master

Noun

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propmaster (plural propmasters)

  1. A person in charge of cinematic props.
    • 2007 May 23, Virginia Heffernan, “To Sleep, Nay, Perchance to Stay Wide Awake”, in New York Times[1]:
      When he gets around to drinking his first cup of coffee in 30 years (his crew, he says, urges him to try it for a pick-me-up), it’s naturally from one of those so-called Anthora Greek-themed diner cups; his propmaster must have sought long and hard for one of those endangered artifacts.