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camp follower

NOUN
temporary supporter
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"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

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

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

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

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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