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单词 camp followers
释义

camp follower

noun

1
: a civilian (such as a prostitute) who follows a military unit to attend or exploit military personnel
2
: a disciple or follower who is not of the main body of members or adherents
especially : a politician who joins the party or movement solely for personal gain

Example Sentences

the famous boxer and his camp followers
Recent Examples on the Web Republican politicians have been calling on Biden to curb inflation, but there isn’t much a president can really do except raise taxes, which of course the GOP and their Democratic camp follower Joe Manchin oppose. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 27 July 2022 As an insurgent, Mr. Trump arrived in Washington without the camp followers of brand-name lobbyists and insiders who set up shop with each new administration. New York Times, 8 Dec. 2019 There’s the near-noirish play between dark and light captured by Tripe in an Indian temple or the Yvonne De Carlo expression (speaking of almost noirish) on the face of a camp follower in a Fenton Crimean War photograph. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018 Her mother, Sophie Delaborde, the daughter of a bird seller on the Rue de Rivoli, was a camp follower of the Napoleonic troops in Madrid. Benita Eisler, WSJ, 8 June 2018 The trio of revisionist powers includes Russia, China and Iran, along with camp followers like Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea and Syria. Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1

camp followers

noun

plural of camp follower
as in votarists

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • votarists
  • satellites
  • disciples
  • minions
  • liege men
  • adherents
  • henchmen
  • myrmidons
  • soldiers
  • toadies
  • sycophants
  • lackeys
  • votaries
  • apostles
  • followers
  • pupils
  • epigones
  • acolytes
  • apparatchiks
  • missionaries
  • stooges
  • partizans
  • lickspittles
  • converts
  • flunkeys
  • apparatchiki
  • proselytizers
  • loyalists
  • flunkies
  • students
  • yes-men
  • hangers-on
  • partisans
  • protégés
  • supporters
  • advocates
  • champions
  • faithfuls
  • sectarians
  • worshippers
  • ideologists
  • fans
  • devotees
  • scholars
  • zealots
  • cultists
  • backers
  • worshipers
  • enthusiasts
  • idolaters
  • idealogues
  • ideologues
  • admirers
  • idolators

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • traitors
  • defectors
  • renegades
  • apostates
  • turncoats
  • leaders
  • coryphaei
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