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cam·paign
(kăm-pān′)n.
1. A series of military operations undertaken to achieve a large-scale objective during a war: Grant's Vicksburg campaign secured the entire Mississippi for the Union.
2. An operation or series of operations energetically pursued to accomplish a purpose: an advertising campaign for a new product; a candidate's political campaign.
intr.v. cam·paigned, cam·paign·ing, cam·paigns
To engage in an operation planned to achieve a certain goal: an army that campaigned across the entire continent; a group that campaigned for human rights.
[French campagne, from Italian campagna, field, military operation, from Late Latin campānia, open country, battlefield, from Latin campus, field; see campus.]
cam·paign′er n.
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| Noun | 1. |  campaigner - a politician who is running for public officedark horse - a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly favorite son - a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state running mate - a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices spoiler - a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning stalking-horse - a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate write-in, write-in candidate - a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters |
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campaigner
noun demonstrator, champion, advocate, activist, reformer, crusader She is a formidable campaigner for animal rights.
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Translations
أَحَدُ أفْرادِ أو جُنودِ حَمْلَةٍ
agitátorbojovník
forkæmpertilhænger
kampányban részt vevõ
baráttumaîur
kampanyaya katılan kimse
campaigner
[kæmˈpeɪnəʳ] N1. (Mil) old campaigner → veterano/a m/f
2. (= supporter) → defensor(a) m/f, partidario/a m/f
a campaigner for sth → un partidario or defensor de algo
environmental campaigners → defensores del medio ambiente
a campaigner against sth → un luchador contra algo
a campaigner for sth → un partidario or defensor de algo
environmental campaigners → defensores del medio ambiente
a campaigner against sth → un luchador contra algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
campaigner
[ˌkæmˈpeɪnər] n (= activist) campaigner for → partisan(e) m/f decampaigner against → opposant(e) m/f àcamp bed n (British) → lit m de campcamp counselor n (US) → animateur/trice m/f (de camp de vacances)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
campaigner
n
(fig, for sth) → Befürworter(in) m(f) (→ for +gen); (against sth) → Gegner(in) m(f) (→ against +gen); (for politician) → Wahlwerber(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
campaigner
[kæmˈpeɪnəʳ] n (Mil) old campaigner → veterano, vecchio combattente mcampaigner for → fautore/trice di
campaigner against → oppositore/trice di
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
campaign
(kӕmˈpein) noun1. the operations of an army while fighting in one area or for one purpose. the Burma campaign in the Second World War.
2. a series of organized actions in support of a cause. a campaign against smoking.
verb to take part in a campaign. He has campaigned against smoking for years.
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