PLUGGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plugger mean? 

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

1. someone who is an active supporter and advocate

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLUGGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is an active supporter and advocate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

booster; plugger; promoter

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

adman; advertiser; advertizer (someone whose business is advertising)

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

barker (someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers)

Derivation:

plug (make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote)