campaigner
/kæmˈpeɪnə/kam-PAY-nur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/kæmˈpeɪnɚ/kam-PAY-nur
Meaningone who campaigns
Common meaning: someone who works for a cause
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- campa plain, open fieldLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 275 · scan
- aignFrench form of Latin -ania: a stretch of land
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latincampus‘a plain, open field’
- Frenchcampaigne
- Englishcampaign‘a series of planned actions’
- Englishformed in English from campaigncampaigner‘someone who works for a cause’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from campaign + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CAMPAIGN, p.90 · scan
Roots
- campus Latin “a plain, open field”
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