pamphleteer

[ pam-fli-teer ]

/ ˌpæm flɪˈtɪər /

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noun

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

verb (used without object)

to write and issue pamphlets.

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Origin of pamphleteer

First recorded in 1690–1700; pamphlet + -eer

Words nearby pamphleteer

Pampeluna, pamper, pampero, pamph., pamphlet, pamphleteer, pamphletize, pamphrey, Pamphylia, Pamplona, pampoen

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How to use pamphleteer in a sentence

My mother was a pamphleteer by temperament, and she knew that sedition and controversy are fired by printed matter.
Only Six Books: Excerpt From Jeanette Winterson’s New Memoir|Jeanette Winterson|March 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A contemporary pamphleteer compared him to an owl in the sunshine pursued and pecked to death by flights of tiny birds.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
It must be confessed that Nash is chiefly famous as a caustic pamphleteer and an unscrupulous satirist.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie
The double rle of potent pamphleteer and ineffective pastor is not for him.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians|James Denney

In fact, he was not so much a journalist, in the proper meaning of that term, as a pamphleteer or writer of leading articles.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index|Various
These are some of the things complained of by my pamphleteer.
London|Walter Besant

British Dictionary definitions for pamphleteer

pamphleteer

/ (ˌpæmflɪˈtɪə) /

noun

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

verb

(intr) to write or issue pamphlets

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