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

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Example Sentences

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pamphleteer

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.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2022

As yet, we do not have our own pamphleteer for these soul-trying times.

From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2017

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

It read like the work of a modern-day pamphleteer or like someone lancing a pernicious boil.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2012

Mézeray had been protected and pensioned by Richelieu, but under Mazarin he became a violent pamphleteer and author of Mazarinades.

From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury

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