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

In many ways, the new dynamic is reminiscent of the many pamphleteers and newspapers of the 19th century.

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But today, that kook and that pamphleteer have an email group and a podcast and a website and a YouTube channel — and they can reach thousands of people with a few keystrokes.

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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.

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A passionate pamphleteer and an incorrigible lobbyist, her protests helped change Audubon’s leadership and its policy on birds of prey.

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Until the late 19th century, according to Geoffrey Jones’s 2010 book, “Beauty Imagined,” the beauty business was a mostly local enterprise where pamphleteers sold advice and pots of rouge.

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