CAMPAIGNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does campaigner mean? 

• CAMPAIGNER (noun)
  The noun CAMPAIGNER has 1 sense:

1. a politician who is running for public office

  Familiarity information: CAMPAIGNER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMPAIGNER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A politician who is running for public office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

campaigner; candidate; nominee

Hypernyms ("campaigner" is a kind of...):

pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "campaigner"):

dark horse (a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly)

favorite son (a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state)

running mate (a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices)

spoiler (a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning)

stalking-horse (a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate)

write-in; write-in candidate (a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters)

Derivation:

campaign (run, stand, or compete for an office or a position)

 Context examples 

Some health campaigners have called for restaurants to improve the nutritional information available to customers.

(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)

My dear madam, said I, I am an old campaigner, and if I were not I can very well see that no apology is needed.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I'm wishin' there was a priest," he said wistfully; then added swiftly, "But Michael Dennin's too old a campaigner to miss the luxuries when he hits the trail."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It was hardly an appeal to be successful with one who was an old campaigner as well as an old friend.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)