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camp follower

NOUN
temporary supporter
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When Sheree refuses to let him live on the air base as "a sort of male camp follower," he decides to aloha the boom.

From Time Magazine Archive

His most distinguished camp follower, Major General Yadunath Singh, onetime military secretary to Indian President Rajendra Prasad, mounted a bicycle and pedaled back into the gullies to dicker personally with dacoit leaders.

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

"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




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