Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person who has served in a military campaign.

  2. (broadly)A military veteran.

  3. A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.

    Aktivist, Aktivistin

    a politician who is running for public office

  4. Someone with experience in a certain field.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom is a good campaigner.

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  2. The eloquent campaigner was elected hands down.

    deDer redegewandte Aktivist gewann die Wahl ganz klar.

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  3. Campaigners are optimistic that the support thrown behind the campaign by the government will make a key difference.

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  4. Good luck, campaigners!

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  5. Amnesty International campaigner was banned by the Israeli authorities from traveling around the West Bank.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
a person who works in an organised and active way towards, or supports, a goal:

Origin

From campaign (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix) or

From campaign (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix) or

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Forms

plural: campaigners
Singularcampaigner
Pluralcampaigners

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcampaign

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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