pamphleteer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌpæmfləˈtɪɹ/ (Canada)
Etymology
Etymology tree English pamphlet Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English pamphleteer From pamphlet + -eer.
Meanings
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A writer, publisher, or distributer of pamphlets, a second-rate journalist.
The Commons are very slow in bringing in their Bill to limit the press, and the pamphleteers make good use of their time; for there come out three or four every day.
1710 September 13 – 1713 June 17 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Jonathan Swift, “[Dr. Swift’s Journal to Stella.] Letter XLIII.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume XV, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC:but Charles Reade, an artist, a scholar, a man with a true sense of beauty, raging and roaring over the abuses of contemporary life like a common pamphleteer or a sensational journalist, is really a sight for the angels to weep over.
1891, Oscar Wilde, Intentions:"It's kind of unfortunate that it depends on spectacular violence by somebody, or whoever it is, to get it into print," said that man, John Zerzan, a leading pamphleteer and self-described anarchist and technophobe who has become a guru of sorts for anti-technology leftists.
1995 May 7, Kenneth B. Noble, “Prominent Anarchist Finds Unsought Ally in Serial Bomber”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms
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Translations (3)
pt panfleteiro (a writer or publisher of pamphlets) · de Pamphletist (a writer or publisher of pamphlets) · de Flugblattschreiber (a writer or publisher of pamphlets)