camp follower
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
