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Camp follower
camp follower
also camp-follower (camp followers) 1. 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 Tory leader’s friends and camp followers. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval 2. Camp followers are people who travel with an army or other group, especially members of soldiers’ families, or people who supply goods and services to the army. N-COUNT
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noun Date: 1810 1. a civilian (as a prostitute) who follows a military unit to attend or exploit military personnel 2. a disciple or follower who is not of the main body of members or adherents; especially a politician who joins the party or movement solely for personal gain ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. гражданский служащий (следующий за войском); маркитант 2. проститутка, переезжающая вместе с воинской частью 3. примазавшийся; подпевала, подголосок monopolists and their camp-followers —- монополисты и их продажные подголоски ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 someone who supports an organization or a political party, but who is not actually a member of the main group 2 someone who was not a soldier but who followed an army from place to place to provide services, especially in the past ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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{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 runs for president has many camp followers./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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