campaigner

«campaigner» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who works hard to change something in society or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a campaigner, campaigners)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

2) A person who takes part in a political campaign or an election campaign. tree →

3) (old) A soldier who has fought in many campaigns: «an old campaigner» (also someone with lots of experience). tree →

sense 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 →
• The young campaigner spoke at the United Nations. tree →
• Environmental campaigners planted a thousand trees. tree →
• Campaigners handed in a petition to the council. tree →
• Grandad is an old campaigner at chess tournaments. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «campaigner» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.