"pamphleteer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpæmfləˈtɪɹ/ [Canada] Forms: pamphleteers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From pamphlet + -eer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pamphlet|eer}} pamphlet + -eer Head templates: {{en-noun}} pamphleteer (plural pamphleteers)
  1. A writer, publisher, or distributer of pamphlets, a second-rate journalist. Categories (topical): People Translations (a writer or publisher of pamphlets): Pamphletist [masculine] (German), Flugblattschreiber [masculine] (German), panfleteiro [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-pamphleteer-en-noun-MCAEq8sP Disambiguation of People: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -eer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -eer: 75 25

Verb

IPA: /ˌpæmfləˈtɪɹ/ [Canada] Forms: pamphleteers [present, singular, third-person], pamphleteering [participle, present], pamphleteered [participle, past], pamphleteered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From pamphlet + -eer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pamphlet|eer}} pamphlet + -eer Head templates: {{en-verb}} pamphleteer (third-person singular simple present pamphleteers, present participle pamphleteering, simple past and past participle pamphleteered)
  1. (intransitive) To publish and distribute pamphlets as a form of propaganda. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-pamphleteer-en-verb-Av3CppRd

Inflected forms

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