camper

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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From camp (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

camper (plural campers)

  1. A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.
    There were thousands of campers at the music festival.
    • 2008 March 13, David Pogue, “Media Players, Untethered”, in The New York Times:
      They're indispensable for backpackers, campers and anyone else who plans to be away from a power outlet for a while; indeed, both the Solar and the Eco Player are ruggedly built, with rubberized nonscratchable surfaces.
    • 2010, Erjan J. Slavin, The Tale of the Mirror (& The Wishing Tree Poetry), →ISBN, page 72:
      To be sung to in this way by the entire faery kingdom, each member of it born from the heartsong of a camper, was truly a delight that not many, I believe, have known.
  2. A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in.
    • 2003, Roberta Martin Starry, Gold Gamble, page 156:
      The moonshiners are now only a memory, but the sunrisers have grown into many hundreds, with trailers and campers pulling into Red Rock Canyon days early for a good parking spot.
  3. (video games) A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.
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Translations

Etymology 2

From camp (adjective) +‎ -er.

Adjective

camper

  1. comparative form of camp: more camp

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

camper m (plural campers)

  1. smallholder
  2. (heraldry) field

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English camper.

Pronunciation

Noun

camper c (singular definite camperen, plural indefinite campere)

  1. camper (motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in)
Inflection
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See campere (to camp).

Pronunciation

Verb

camper or campér

  1. imperative of campere

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English camper.

Pronunciation

Noun

camper m (plural campers, diminutive campertje n)

  1. a camper (recreational vehicle), a motor home

French

Pronunciation

Verb

camper

  1. to camp
  2. to plant, install, stand firmly

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Italian

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English camper.

Pronunciation

Noun

camper m (invariable)

  1. campervan, camper
    Synonym: autocaravan

References

  1. ^ camper in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From kampe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

camper

  1. (rare) A participant in a ball sport.

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English camper.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

camper m or f by sense (plural campers)

  1. (video games, Internet slang) camper (person who stays in one spot during a FPS game)

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