pamphleteer

English

Etymology

From pamphlet +‎ -eer.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpæmfləˈtɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

pamphleteer (plural pamphleteers)

1. A writer, publisher, or distributer of pamphlets, a second-rate journalist.
   • 1710 September 13 – 1713 June 17 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Jonathan Swift, “[Dr. Swift’s Journal to Stella.] Letter XLIII.”, in Thomas Sheridan and John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, , new edition, volume XV, London: J Johnson, , published 1801, →OCLC:

     The Commons are very slow in bringing in their Bill to limit the press, and the pamphleteers make good use of their time; for there come out three or four every day.

   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, Intentions:

     but Charles Reade, an artist, a scholar, a man with a true sense of beauty, raging and roaring over the abuses of contemporary life like a common pamphleteer or a sensational journalist, is really a sight for the angels to weep over.

   • 1995 May 7, Kenneth B. Noble, “Prominent Anarchist Finds Unsought Ally in Serial Bomber”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     "It's kind of unfortunate that it depends on spectacular violence by somebody, or whoever it is, to get it into print," said that man, John Zerzan, a leading pamphleteer and self-described anarchist and technophobe who has become a guru of sorts for anti-technology leftists.

Translations

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.