PAMPHLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pamphlet mean? 

• PAMPHLET (noun)
  The noun PAMPHLET has 2 senses:

1. a small book usually having a paper cover

2. a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet

  Familiarity information: PAMPHLET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAMPHLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small book usually having a paper cover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

booklet; brochure; folder; leaflet; pamphlet

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

book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))

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

blue book (a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations)

ticket book (a book of tickets that can be torn out and used)

Derivation:

pamphleteer (a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

pamphlet; tract

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

treatise (a formal exposition)

Derivation:

pamphleteer (a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues))

 Context examples 

I have many pamphlets to finish, said he to Catherine, before I can close my eyes, and perhaps may be poring over the affairs of the nation for hours after you are asleep.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

He talked with a quartermaster off duty, an intelligent man who promptly prodded him with the socialist propaganda and forced into his hands a bunch of leaflets and pamphlets.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

With these words Mr. Brocklehurst put into my hand a thin pamphlet sewn in a cover, and having rung for his carriage, he departed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The collection, preparation, and distribution of news and related commentary and feature materials through such media as pamphlets, newsletters, newspapers, magazines, radio, motion pictures, television, and books.

(Journalism, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

To be kept up for hours, after the family were in bed, by stupid pamphlets was not very likely.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)