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glamper

noun

Etymology

Blend of glamorous + camper, parallel to glamping and equivalent to glamp + -er. Early 2006, UK origin, adopted in US by 2007.

  1. inherited from *kampōn✻
  2. inherited from campian, compian
  3. inherited from campen
  4. derived from camp
  5. derived from can, camp
  6. derived from *kh₂em-✻ — “to bend; crooked”
  7. derived from campus
  8. inherited from *kamp✻
  9. inherited from camp
  10. inherited from kampe
  11. formed as camper — “camp + -er”
  12. compounded as glamper — “glamorous + camper”

Definitions

  1. A participant in glamping (luxury camping).

    • 2006, “The Glamper’s Guide To Style” (archive), GadgetCandy.com, 2/24/2006:
    • And with this fast-growing subsector comes an entire new language to describe these luxury globetrotting jetsetters – like jetrosexual, flashpacker and glamper.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA