pamphleteer
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8.5
- noun
- /ˌpæmflɪˈtɪr/
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panfletista
- He actively participated in the 1848-1849 revolution as a pamphleteer and gun runner in Dresden.
- a political pamphleteer
Examples
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The candidate's campaign team hired a skilled pamphleteer to create materials that would inform voters about their platform.
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As a passionate activist, she became a pamphleteer, writing to spread awareness about climate change.
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Or follow your star and be a revolutionary, a pamphleteer at the factory gate.
Academic text (2001) -
Third, of course, you have Robert Bork -- a powerful Chicago School pamphleteer.
Academic text (1993) -
His pamphlets found wide audiences, not only where he remained the only prominent pamphleteer, but throughout the colonies and abroad.
Academic text (2010) -
Think of Thomas Paine as an early incarnation of a "journalist," a pamphleteer who published news and opinions for money.
Blog text (7) -
Artists and pamphleteers turn a slightly embellished version of events into a sensational piece of personal PR that captivates France.
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He is, in fact, sometimes described as a "pamphleteer," and it is true that even his books are written in the style of pamphlets writ large.
Blog text (3) -
Now that a significant body of research has liberated Zubly from earlier attacks, it is time to evaluate him on his own terms, to understand his remarkable evolution from a politically timid dissenting minister into a confrontational pamphleteer.
Academic text (2010) -
During the movement for civil rights, he emerged as a prominent pamphleteer, distributing literature to rally support.
Synonyms
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4.1
A person who supports a cause or policy in public
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5.2
A person who supports an idea, plan, or cause
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3.7
A person who works to bring political or social change, including someone running for office
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7.8
A person who gives one-sided or false information to help a political group
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8.9
A person who tries to convince others to follow a religion or belief
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7.0
A person who shares information or news with other people
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7.1
A person who strongly promotes a product, idea, or cause
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5.9
A person who publicly tells others about religious beliefs
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7.3
A person who spreads news or ideas to other people
A person who supports and speaks for a cause
How Political
- Literature
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7.8
- Formal
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9.9
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8.5
- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pamphleteer comes from pamphlet ('small paper book') and the ending -eer ('person who does something'), as in volunteer. So a pamphleteer is someone who writes or hands out pamphlets to spread ideas or support a cause.