pamphleteer

[ pam-fli-teer ]

noun

1. a writer or publisher of pamphlets, especially on controversial issues.

verb (used without object)

1. to write and issue pamphlets.

pamphleteer

/ ˌpæmflɪˈtɪə /

noun

1. a person who writes or issues pamphlets, esp of a controversial nature

verb

1. intr to write or issue pamphlets

Word History and Origins

Origin of pamphleteer¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; pamphlet + -eer

Example Sentences

My mother was a pamphleteer by temperament, and she knew that sedition and controversy are fired by printed matter.

From The Daily Beast

A contemporary pamphleteer compared him to an owl in the sunshine pursued and pecked to death by flights of tiny birds.

From Project Gutenberg

It must be confessed that Nash is chiefly famous as a caustic pamphleteer and an unscrupulous satirist.

From Project Gutenberg

The double rle of potent pamphleteer and ineffective pastor is not for him.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact, he was not so much a journalist, in the proper meaning of that term, as a pamphleteer or writer of leading articles.

From Project Gutenberg

These are some of the things complained of by my pamphleteer.

From Project Gutenberg