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camper

UK/ˈkæmpə//ˈkæmpɚ/

camper noun: a person who camps, especially in a tent etc. Also the comparative form of camp.

Noun

camper (plural campers)

  1. A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.
    • There were thousands of campers at the music festival.
    • 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.2008 March 13, David Pogue, “Media Players, Untethered”, in The New York Times
  2. A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in.
    • 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.2003, Roberta Martin Starry, Gold Gamble, page 156
  3. (derogatory) A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.
  4. (slang, restaurants) A person who stays too long at a table after eating.
    • I'm trying to get rid of the campers on table seven.

Proper noun capitalized: Camper

Camper (plural Campers)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

camper is also the comparative form of camp.

camper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

camper in Hindi

कैम्पर

camper in Tamil

முகாமிடுபவர்

camper in Marathi

कॅम्पर

camper in Telugu

క్యాంపర్
More languagesFewer languages
camper in Malayalam
ക്യാമ്പർ, ക്യാംപർ
camper in Kannada
ಕ್ಯಾಂಪರ್
camper in Punjabi
ਕੈਂਪ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
camper in Indonesian
pekemah, pengendok, pengokok

Examples of camper in a sentence

  • I will be a happy camper when they fix the potholes on my commute.
  • The campers decided to have a wiener roast before singing songs around the campfire.
  • The bears were interested in the campers' food, but they chased them off.

All 34 example sentences with camper

Forms of camper

Noun
pluralcampers
Proper noun
pluralCampers

Plural of camper: campers

Origin of camper

From camp (verb) + -er.

From camp (adjective) + -er.

Words formed from camper

Phrases with camper

Words that rhyme with camper

Questions about camper

What does camper mean?
Camper means a person who camps, especially in a tent etc.
What is camper in Hindi?
Camper in Hindi is कैम्पर. See Camper meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is camper?
Camper can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce camper?
Camper is pronounced /ˈkæmpɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of camper?
The plural of camper is campers.

Words near camper in the dictionary

  1. camped out
  2. Campen
  3. Campens
  4. campephagid
  5. campephagids
  6. camper
  7. camper shell
  8. camper shells
  9. camper van
  10. camper vans
  11. Camperdown

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Adapted from Wiktionary: camper (page history and authors); Camper (page history and authors); camper (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); camper (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); camper (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); camper (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); camper (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); camper (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); camper (Punjabi, 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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