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camp follower

NOUN
temporary supporter
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True to historical accuracy, Mrs. Daigle became a camp follower, cooking, washing clothes and keeping the tent clean.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He is his own worst enemy," admitted Bevan's camp follower, Dick Grossman, unwilling this time to go along with the boss.

From Time Magazine Archive

Afterward, a Massachusetts colonial and his camp follower were married, vraiment, in an 18th century ceremony, and dancers, jousters and drummers roamed the fields.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ordinarily for a talent agent to sue a producer would be comparable to a camp follower giving a general the hotfoot.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few sellswords turned to watch them pass, and a camp follower sniggered, but no one moved to interfere.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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