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

James Otis, a lawyer, patriot, and pamphleteer whose influence was cited by both Samuel Adams and John Adams, suffered bouts of “insanity.”

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2023

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

The moralist pamphleteer Phillip Stubbes believed that Christmastime celebrations gave celebrants license "to do what they lust, and to folow what vanitie they will."

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2020

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

Inferior to these men in talent, Brissot de Warville, a restless pamphleteer, exerted more influence over the party which has sometimes gone by his name.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various