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sloganeer

noun

Etymology

From slogan + -eer, US origin (1922), popularized by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

  1. derived from *ǵeh₂r-✻ — “to call, shout”
  2. derived from *garsman✻ — “a call, shout”
  3. derived from *slowgʰos✻
  4. derived from *slougos✻ — “army, troop”
  5. derived from slóg — “army; (by extension) assembly, crowd”
  6. borrowed from sluagh-ghairm — “battle cry”
  7. suffixed as sloganeer — “slogan + eer”

Definitions

  1. Someone who makes and spreads slogans.

    • As a sloganeer too, he overspent his voice shouting slogans during demonstrations and he eventually lost it.

  2. To make and disseminate slogans

    To make and disseminate slogans; often contrasted with substantive debate.

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