campaigner
- noun
- /kæmˈpeɪnər/
- We need to build bridges between economic reformers and anti-poverty campaigners, not burn them.
- anti-poverty campaigners
- an effective campaigner
- human rights campaigners
The third is that smear campaigns and smear campaigners are obsessive.
- The third is that smear campaigns and smear campaigners are obsessive.
- But I'm pretty sure this is the real peace campaigner Yoko Ono.
- And Wilson was a superb, cool campaigner.
- Afua Hirsch used to be an IT girl before she became an aggrieved campaigner for social justice.
- Campbell is supposedly a mental health campaigner.
- These frankly sound like desperate Biden campaigners or staffers that don't want to lose their role in the White House.
- The anti corruption campaigners in Russia who ask us to keep illicit funds out of our banks.
- She's now a campaigner against porn industry because she says it's just so, it's so exploitative.
- These are the sort of gangsters who operate with red rosettes as, as Labour Party campaigners.
- So, you know, both times he sort of, you know, he's not a, a master campaigner by by any means, but he he was a master politician as a as a governor.
- Very talented Tim Scott, fantastic campaigner Mike Hare.
- Patriots, gayatriots and patriots, it is finally fun to be an energetic campaigner again.
Examples
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As a passionate campaigner for climate change, she organized rallies to raise awareness in her community.
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You know, he had been a tremendous campaigner for a change in poetry.
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But the skills of a good campaigner do not necessarily translate into the skills necessary for good governance.
Academic text (1997) -
Morris is still an active campaigner on disability issues and regularly questions government policy in the House of Lords.
Academic text (2010) -
Driven by his Christian faith, this former social worker and academic is still a tireless campaigner on poverty and social justice.
Academic text (2011) -
Many of these consultants offered their services at reduced rates and became enthusiastic Earth Day campaigners.
Academic text (1990) -
Afua Hirsch used to be an IT girl before she became an aggrieved campaigner for social justice.
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I'm a seasoned campaigner.
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The local campaigner worked tirelessly to mobilize voters ahead of the upcoming election.
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Many campaigners gathered in the city square to demand social reform and justice for all.
Synonyms
A person who campaigns for political or social change
A person who campaigns strongly for social or political change
A person who goes door to door asking for votes, money or support
A person who strongly supports a cause and tries to persuade others
Compounds
A person who works to make birth control and planning for children more accepted
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word campaigner comes from campaign, which originally meant a military action in the 'field' and is related to the familiar word camp. So a campaigner is someone who works in a long, planned effort to get votes or to change things, like 'fighting' for a cause.