propagandist
Americannoun
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a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
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a member or agent of a propaganda.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of propagandist
First recorded in 1790–1800; propagand(a) + -ist
Example Sentences
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Russian Propagandist Ilya Ehrenburg announced that the Russians are "sick and tired of the cold war" and want to end it.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was an isolationist, e.g., against Lend-Lease, and he permitted a crony of German Propagandist George Sylvester Viereck to use the Stratton congressional frank.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fourth member of the Gang, Propagandist Yao Wenyuan, 49, got 20 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soviet Propagandist Ilya Ehrenburg, who had led the cheering section for Gide, now denounced him as a "wicked old man."
From Time Magazine Archive
Propagandist papers were founded, missionaries were selected, and the Sultan sent a warship to Japan with a Pan-Islamic delegation aboard.
From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop
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