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

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.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2021

Thomas Paine, the revolutionary pamphleteer, has been described as the first American to be fired for leaking classified information — in 1779.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2019

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

The literary vocation he was best fitted for was that of a journalist or pamphleteer; and in this he might have won unrivalled success.

From Studies in Contemporary Biography by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount