campaigner

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campaigner

  • /kæmˈpeɪnə(ɹ)/

Where it comes from

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

from campaign (noun) + -er (occupational suffix).

noun campaigners

  1. A person who has served in a military campaign.
  2. broadly 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. 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.
  4. Someone with experience in a certain field.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nominee, candidate, defender, combatant, supporter, activist, crusader, ombudsman, ombudsperson, militant, proponent, champion, advocate, fighter, protagonist, believer

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

DeutschAktivist, Aktivistin
Ελληνικάαγωνιστής agonistís

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MLA

"campaigner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/campaigner. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

campaigner. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/campaigner

Chicago

"campaigner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/campaigner.

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@misc{campaigner_2026,
  title = {campaigner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/campaigner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}