pamphleteer

American  

[pam-fli-teer] / ˌpæm flɪˈtɪər /

noun

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

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verb (used without object)

1. to write and issue pamphlets.

pamphleteer British  

/ ˌpæmflɪˈtɪə /

noun

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

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verb

1. (intr) to write or issue pamphlets

Etymology

Origin of pamphleteer

First recorded in 1690–1700; pamphlet + -eer

Example Sentences

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pamphleteer

Distinguished biographer Andrew Roberts is a man on a mission: to prove that King George III of England was neither a tyrant nor the “royal brute” denounced by pamphleteer Thomas Paine during the American Revolution.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021

The poetry of Whitman, and the leadership of King and Jackson offer insight into the distinction that the British poet and pamphleteer, Samuel Johnson, made in his essay on patriotism.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2021

Thomas Paine, the revolutionary pamphleteer, has been described as the first American to be fired for leaking classified information — in 1779.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2019

Radical pamphleteer Thomas Paine, whose enormously popular essay Common Sense was first published in January 1776, advocated a republic: a state without a king.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

He was a vigorous pamphleteer, and came into collision with Henry Compton, bishop of London, to whom he had to pay heavy damages for slander in 1682.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various