pamphleteer

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noun

pam·phle·teer ˌpam(p)-flə-ˈtir

Synonyms of pamphleteer

: a writer of pamphlets attacking something or urging a cause

pamphleteer

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verb

pamphleteered; pamphleteering; pamphleteers

intransitive verb

: to write and publish pamphlets

: to engage in partisan arguments indirectly in writings

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Pamphlets—unbound printed publications with no covers or with paper covers—are published about all kinds of subjects, but our word pamphlet traces back to one particular document. It derives from the title of a short Latin love poem of the 12th century: Pamphilus, seu De Amore, which can be translated as "Pamphilus, or On Love." The name Pamphilus referred to a Greek god whose name means "loved by all." Following from this, the original pamphlets were handwritten poems, tracts, or treatises, often consisting of several pages bound together. Pamphleteer, which can be both a noun and a verb, combines pamphlet with the -eer suffix found in such words as engineer and puppeteer.

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By Timothy O'Grady July 8, 2024 Belfast: city of riveters, inventors, linen mill girls, boxers, pamphleteers, revolutionaries, Lambeg drummers, Irish bagpipers, mission hall preachers, and mustachioed burghers with pocket watches. —Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024