campaigner
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English
Etymology
From campaign (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix), or From campaign (noun) + -er (occupational suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
campaigner (plural campaigners)
- A person who has served in a military campaign.
- (by extension) A military veteran.
- A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
- 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:
- The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
- 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44:
- It is remembered unfondly by politicians, communities and campaigners as the document that heralded widespread reductions in the size of the railway.
- Someone with experience in a certain field.
Translations
a person who works in an organised and active way towards, or supports, a goal
References
- ^ “campaigner, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
