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PAMPHLETEER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pamphleteer mean?
• PAMPHLETEER (noun)
The noun PAMPHLETEER has 1 sense:
1. a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
Familiarity information: PAMPHLETEER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("pamphleteer" is a kind of...):
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Instance hyponyms:
Decker; Dekker; Thomas Decker; Thomas Dekker (English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632))
Middleton; Thomas Middleton (English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627))
Paine; Thomas Paine; Tom Paine (American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809))
Derivation:
pamphlet (a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet)
pamphlet (a small book usually having a paper cover)
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