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# campaigner

noun (a campaigner, campaigners)

«campaigner» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who works hard to change something in society or politics, for example to protect the environment or to change a law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campaigner/#m1)
2. A person who takes part in a political campaign or an election campaign. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campaigner/#m2)
3. (old) A soldier who has fought in many campaigns: «an old campaigner» (also someone with lots of experience). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campaigner/#m3)

### In the lessons

In news and citizenship lessons: climate campaigners, animal-rights campaigners, campaigners for children's safety. Greta Thunberg and Malala Yousafzai are famous young campaigners. Phrase: an old campaigner.

### Examples

- Campaigners want a new zebra crossing outside school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campaigner/#x1)
- The young campaigner spoke at the United Nations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campaigner/#x2)
- Environmental campaigners planted a thousand trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campaigner/#x3)
- Campaigners handed in a petition to the council. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campaigner/#x4)
- Grandad is an old campaigner at chess tournaments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campaigner/#x5)

### Note

Countable. Spelling: campaign has a silent «g»: kam-PAYN-er.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «campaigner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/campaigner/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«campaigner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/campaigner.html) on Mova free.