campaign

[ kam-peyn ]

/ kæmˈpeɪn /

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noun

Military.

military operations for a specific objective.
Obsolete. the military operations of an army in the field for one season.

a systematic course of aggressive activities for some specific purpose: a sales campaign.

the competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office.

verb (used without object)

to serve in or go on a campaign: He planned to campaign for the candidate. He campaigned in France.

verb (used with object)

to race (a horse, boat, car, etc.) in a number or series of competitions.

Nearby words

camp stove, camp, walter chauncey, camp-drafting, campagna, campagne, campaign, campaign button, campaign chest, campaign finance reform, campaign fund, campaign furniture

Origin of campaign

1620–30; < French campagne < Italian campagna < Late Latin campānia level district, equivalent to Latin camp(us) field + -ān(us) -an + -ia -ia

SYNONYMS FOR campaign

2 drive, effort, push, offensive.

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Related forms

cam·paign·er, nouncoun·ter·cam·paign, nounpre·cam·paign, noun, adjectivere·cam·paign, verb

un·cam·paign·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for campaigner

Voter fraud isn't our problem,” said Matthew Singer, a veteran ‘get out the vote’ campaigner, “Terribly managed systems [are].
GOP-Backed Voter Fraud Laws Aim To Disenfranchise Students|Jake Heller|September 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Fouad Abaza, a Shafiq campaigner in the Nile Delta, listened on the radio to the press conference in Cairo, cheering along.
Egypt’s Fractious Presidential Race Reflects a Country Deeply Divided|Lauren Bohn|June 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Obama remains the most vulnerable incumbent in modern memory, and Mitt is certainly improving as a campaigner.
Mitt Romney’s Unfavorable Ratings Have Been Rising Since Iowa|Andrew Romano|February 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In fact, one of the appealing things about Cain the campaigner is that he seems to be having fun.
'Tired' Cain Campaign Slows Down|Howard Kurtz|October 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Those closest to her thought she had lost her effectiveness as a campaigner.
'Tricky Dick' vs. the Pink Lady|Sally Denton|November 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He passed into the Campaigner's keeping, from which alone he was rescued by the summons of pallid death.
The Newcomes|William Makepeace Thackeray
The campaigner had an additional motive in thus providing for her eldest darling.
Caught in a Trap|John C. Hutcheson
Crook was an old Indian campaigner who thoroughly understood the nature of the difficult task before him.
The Greater Republic|Charles Morris
"You might at least have been so kind as to give me notice," says the Campaigner, still majestic, but ironical.
The Newcomes|William Makepeace Thackeray
Whispering Smith was too experienced a campaigner to complain.
Whispering Smith|Frank H. Spearman

British Dictionary definitions for campaigner

campaign

/ (kæmˈpeɪn) /

noun

a series of coordinated activities, such as public speaking and demonstrating, designed to achieve a social, political, or commercial goala presidential campaign; an advertising campaign

military a number of complementary operations aimed at achieving a single objective, usually constrained by time or geographic area

verb

(intr often foll by for) to conduct, serve in, or go on a campaign

Derived Formscampaigner, noun

Word Origin for campaign

C17: from French campagne open country, from Italian campagna, from Late Latin campānia, from Latin campus field

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Word Origin and History for campaigner (1 of 2)

campaign

1701, from campaign (n.). Political sense is from 1801. Related: Campaigned; campaigning.

Word Origin and History for campaigner (1 of 2)

campaign

1640s, "operation of an army in the field," from French campagne "campaign," literally "open country," from Old French champagne "countryside, open country" (suited to military maneuvers), from Late Latin campania "level country" (source of Italian campagna, Spanish campaña, Portuguese campanha), from Latin campus "a field" (see campus). Old armies spent winters in quarters and took to the "open field" to seek battle in summer. Extension of meaning from military to political is American English, 1809.

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