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PAMPHLETEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pamphleteer mean? 

PAMPHLETEER (noun)
  The noun PAMPHLETEER has 1 sense:

1. a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PAMPHLETEER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Instance hyponyms:

Decker; Dekker; Thomas Decker; Thomas Dekker (English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632))

Middleton; Thomas Middleton (English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627))

Paine; Thomas Paine; Tom Paine (American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809))

Derivation:

pamphlet (a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet)

pamphlet (a small book usually having a paper cover)


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