paparazzo
/ˌpapəˈratsəʊ
/noun (plural paparazzi /ˌpapəˈratsi/) (usually paparazzi)
A freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to get photographs of them: she inclined her head graciously, permitting the paparazzi to photograph her...
- He is uncomfortable with the way soap stars can be photographed by the paparazzi at their worst.
- It's well-known among the paparazzi that celebrities do not like to be photographed eating.
- It surely does constitute some worry, when paparazzi photographers are trying to drive and take photos at the same time.
Origin
1960s: from Italian, from the name of a character in Fellini's film La Dolce Vita (1960).