Camp followers

Camp followers
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P. σκευοφόροι, οἱ, ὄχλος, ὁ (Xen.), ἀκόλουθοι, οἱ (Xen.).

Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.

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  • camp follower — camp followers also camp follower 1) N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a camp follower, you mean that they do not officially belong to a particular group or movement but support it for their own advantage. ...the chief ministers of …   English dictionary

  • Camp follower — A camp follower is a person who follows military camps in order to sell goods or services that the military does not supply. These can include cooking, laundering, liquor, prostitution and sutlery. It can also be someone who scavenges after a… …   Wikipedia

  • camp follower — {n.} 1. A man or woman who goes with an army, not to fight but to sell something. * /Nowadays camp followers are not allowed as they were long ago./ 2. A person who goes with a famous or powerful person or group in hope of profit. * /A man who… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • camp follower — {n.} 1. A man or woman who goes with an army, not to fight but to sell something. * /Nowadays camp followers are not allowed as they were long ago./ 2. A person who goes with a famous or powerful person or group in hope of profit. * /A man who… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • camp\ follower — noun 1. A man or woman who goes with an army, not to fight but to sell something. Nowadays camp followers are not allowed as they were long ago. 2. A person who goes with a famous or powerful person or group in hope of profit. A man who runs for… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • camp follower — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms camp follower : singular camp follower plural camp followers 1) someone who supports a group or political party but does not officially belong to it, especially in order to get an advantage 2) someone who… …   English dictionary

  • camp follower —    a prostitute    Those who provided goods and services for an army marched with it:     ... to prevent their men from contracting certain indelicate social infections from... hem hem female camp followers of a certain sort. (Fraser, 1975,… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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  • Camp meeting — The camp meeting as a Christian gathering originated in the United States of America. The English founders of Primitive Methodism took inspiration from this for a way of holding an extended prayer meeting. Camp meetings in AmericaThe camp meeting …   Wikipedia

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