campaigner
/kæmˈpeɪnə(ɹ)/
campaigner noun: a person who has served in a military campaign.
Noun
campaigner (plural campaigners)
- A person who has served in a military campaign.
- 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.
- 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.2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2022, page 10
- It is remembered unfondly by politicians, communities and campaigners as the document that heralded widespread reductions in the size of the railway.2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44
- Someone with experience in a certain field.
campaigner meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
campaigner in Tamil
- பல போர் எழுச்சிகளில் பணியாற்றியவர், போரனுபவம் உடையவர்
campaigner in Urdu
- مہم چلانے والا
campaigner in Bengali
- প্রচারাভিযানকারী
campaigner in Telugu
- ప్రచారకర్త
More languagesFewer languages
- campaigner in Malayalam
- പ്രചാരകൻ, ആശയപ്രചാരകൻ, പ്രചാരണപ്രവർത്തകൻ, പോരാളി
- campaigner in Kannada
- ದಂಡಯಾತ್ರಿಕ, ಚಳವಳಿಗಾರ
- campaigner in Punjabi
- ਮੁਹਿੰਮਕਰਤਾ, ਮੁਹਿੰਮ ਚਲਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ
- campaigner in Gujarati
- ઝુંબેશકાર
- campaigner in Odia
- ଅଭିଯାନକାରୀ
- campaigner in Nepali
- अभियानकर्ता
Examples of campaigner in a sentence
- Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, unorthodox entrepreneur and frenetic campaigner, has written a book.
- The antigaming campaigner argued that violent shoot-'em-up games led to killing sprees in real life.
- There’s a consultation on a ‘milkshake tax’ and now campaigners are calling for a calorie tax.
Forms of campaigner
| plural | campaigners |
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Origin of campaigner
From campaign (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix) or from campaign (noun) + -er (occupational suffix).
Questions about campaigner
- What does campaigner mean?
- Campaigner means a person who has served in a military campaign.
- What is campaigner in Tamil?
- Campaigner in Tamil is பல போர் எழுச்சிகளில் பணியாற்றியவர், போரனுபவம் உடையவர். See Campaigner meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is campaigner?
- Campaigner is a noun.
- How do you pronounce campaigner?
- Campaigner is pronounced /kæmˈpeɪnə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of campaigner?
- The plural of campaigner is campaigners.
Words near campaigner in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: campaigner (page history and authors); campaigner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); campaigner (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campaigner (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campaigner (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campaigner (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); campaigner (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); campaigner (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campaigner (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campaigner (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campaigner (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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