Pamphleteer

//ˌpæmfləˈtɪɹ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A writer, publisher, or distributer of pamphlets, a second-rate journalist.

    "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."

  2. 2
    a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To publish and distribute pamphlets as a form of propaganda. intransitive

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"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."

Etymology

From pamphlet + -eer.

Related phrases

second rate

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