pamphleteer

[ pam-fli-teer ]

noun

1. a writer or publisher of pamphlets, especially on controversial issues.

verb (used without object)

1. to write and issue pamphlets.

pamphleteer

/ ˌpæmflɪˈtɪə /

noun

1. a person who writes or issues pamphlets, esp of a controversial nature

verb

1. intr to write or issue pamphlets

Word History and Origins

Origin of pamphleteer¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; pamphlet + -eer

Example Sentences

But today, that kook and that pamphleteer have an email group and a podcast and a website and a YouTube channel — and they can reach thousands of people with a few keystrokes.

From Washington Post

Distinguished biographer Andrew Roberts is a man on a mission: to prove that King George III of England was neither a tyrant nor the “royal brute” denounced by pamphleteer Thomas Paine during the American Revolution.

From Washington Post

A passionate pamphleteer and an incorrigible lobbyist, her protests helped change Audubon’s leadership and its policy on birds of prey.

From New York Times

Until the late 19th century, according to Geoffrey Jones’s 2010 book, “Beauty Imagined,” the beauty business was a mostly local enterprise where pamphleteers sold advice and pots of rouge.

From New York Times

The poetry of Whitman, and the leadership of King and Jackson offer insight into the distinction that the British poet and pamphleteer, Samuel Johnson, made in his essay on patriotism.

From Salon