camp follower

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Recent Examples of camp follower The women in the sketch were part of a controversial group known as camp followers: wives, widows, runaways and others who marched with the Continental Army. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024 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 Suspicion quickly flared into insurgency, and when the British pulled out of Kabul in 1842 with a convoy of 16,000 troops and camp followers, only a single survivor (the assistant surgeon William Brydon) reached the border town of Jalalabad alive. Jonah Blank, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camp follower
Noun
  • SpaceX is separately under contract for the Golden Dome missile defense satellite constellation; Blue Origin has been added to the $151 billion SHIELD contract through the Missile Defense Agency and hired its first-ever president of national security in December 2025.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The special also will be available on demand for CNN streaming subscribers and for cable and satellite subscribers, including on platforms like the CNN app.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Nobody wanted to go there — well, except the oil and gas companies aching to root around for black gold, and their most loyal minions in high places.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Israel is also a part of the ceasefire but was subjected to a last-minute barrage of missile attacks today from Iran and its minions.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Just imagine singing along with a club full of other disciples.
    David Harris, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2026
  • In Rome, Leo washed the feet of others, as the story of the Last Supper records Jesus doing for his disciples.
    Bill Barrow, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • One of the soldiers is also accused of transferring to an Iranian foreign agent materials from his military training related to fighter jet systems, as well as documentation of facilities and areas within a military base.
    Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Through a detailed examination of footage posted by Israeli soldiers themselves, the film documents potential war crimes, including civilian casualties, torture, and destruction of infrastructure, delivering unprecedented accountability and real-time evidence.
    Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Key witnesses in the government’s case included Spann’s top henchmen, who cooperated with prosecutors in hopes for leniency.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • This is potentially disastrous, given that Josh is now in the custody of the chairwoman’s henchmen.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That means, of course, she’s now been phased out of her role as a factory lackey in dystopian near-future Brazil due to her age.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.
    Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • He’d been struck that the Milwaukee branch of the adherents to his cause were forever boasting about their superior sanitation systems.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • TikTok obsessives, wellness-culture adherents, and misinformation junkies all end up in need of care.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Will any other sycophants in his cult get the message?
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • To start the new Mideast war, Donnie acted on his own with no resistance from his sycophants, who have no backbones.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026

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“Camp follower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camp%20follower. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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