pamphleteer
noun
- someone who creates or distributes pamphlets
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌpæmfləˈtɪɹ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English pamphlet Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English pamphleteer From pamphlet + -eer.
- 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.”
“but Charles Reade, an artist, a scholar, a man with a true sense of beauty, raging and roaring over the abuses of contemporary life like a common pamphleteer or a sensational journalist, is really a sight for the angels to weep over.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English pamphlet Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English pamphleteer From pamphlet + -eer.
- To publish and distribute pamphlets as a form of propaganda.