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Webster 1913 Edition


Propagandist

Propˊa-gan′dist

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
propagandiste
.]
A person who devotes himself to the spread of any system of principles.
“Political propagandists.”
Walsh.

Webster 1828 Edition


Propagandist

PROPAGAND'IST

,
Noun.
A person who devotes himself to the spread of any system of principles.
Bonaparte selected a body to compose his Sanhedrim of political propagandists.

Definition 2024


propagandist

propagandist

English

Noun

propagandist (plural propagandists)

  1. A person who disseminates propaganda. [from 18th c.]

Translations

Adjective

propagandist (comparative more propagandist, superlative most propagandist)

  1. Consisting of or spreading propaganda. [from 19th c.]
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 87:
      Of course many of these accounts were propagandist in intention and designed for an unsophisticated audience.