camp follower

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Richard Joseph Cardinal Gushing, the third Archbishop of Boston, was far from a clerical camp follower of the Kennedys.

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

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

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