pamphleteer

English

Etymology

From pamphlet +‎ -eer

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˌpæmfləˈtɪr/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

pamphleteer (plural pamphleteers)

1. a writer or publisher of pamphlets, a second-rate journalist
   • 1713: Jonathan Swift, The Journal to Stella

     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.

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.