pamphleteer

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The Word of the Day for February 3 is:=20

pamphleteer   \pam-fluh-TEER\   verb
         *1 : to write and publish pamphlets
     2 : to engage in partisan arguments indirectly in writings=20
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Example sentence:
          Though he is remembered today for his novels and essays, Georg=
e Orwell was also known to pamphleteer for causes important to him.

Did you know?
          Pamphlets, unbound printed publications with no covers or with=
 paper covers, are published about all kinds of subjects, but our word "=
pamphlet" traces back to one particular document. It derives from the ti=
tle of a short Latin love poem of the 12th century: Pamphilus, seu De Am=
ore, which can be translated as "Pamphilus, or On Love." The name Pamphi=
lus referred to a Greek god whose name means "loved by all." Following f=
rom this, the original pamphlets were short handwritten poems, tracts, o=
r treatises, often consisting of several pages bound together. "Pamphlet=
eer," which can be both a noun and a verb, combines "pamphlet" with the =
"-eer" suffix found in such words as "engineer" and "puppeteer."=20





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