campaigner

English

Etymology

From campaign (verb) +‎ -er (agent noun suffix), or From campaign (noun) +‎ -er (occupational suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæmˈpeɪnə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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Noun

campaigner (plural campaigners)

1. A person who has served in a military campaign.
2. (by extension) A military veteran.
3. 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.

4. Someone with experience in a certain field.

Translations

a person who works in an organised and active way towards, or supports, a goal

• German: Aktivist (de) m, Aktivistin (de) f
• Greek: αγωνιστής (el) (agonistís)
• Maori: kaihāpai
• Turkish: aktivist (tr)

Anagrams

• recampaign