campaigner

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English

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Etymology

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From campaign (verb) +‎ -er (agent noun suffix), or From campaign (noun) +‎ -er (occupational suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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campaigner (plural campaigners)

  1. A person who has served in a military campaign.
  2. (by extension) 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.
    • 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:
      The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
    • 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44:
      It is remembered unfondly by politicians, communities and campaigners as the document that heralded widespread reductions in the size of the railway.
  4. Someone with experience in a certain field.

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References

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  1. ^ campaigner, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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