Campaigners

/kæmˈpeɪnərz/ noun

Definition

Plural of campaigner; multiple people engaged in organized efforts to achieve political, social, or charitable goals.

Etymology

From campaigner (activist) plus the regular English plural -s. Campaigner itself derives from campaign, which traces back through French and Italian to Latin campus.

Kelly Says

Climate campaigners, animal rights campaigners, and voting rights campaigners all share the same word root with soldiers planning battlefield strategies—showing how peaceful advocacy adopted the language of warfare.

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