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camper

nounadjectiveattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈkæmpə//
  • United States//ˈkæmpɚ//

A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

noun

  1. 1

    A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

    There were thousands of campers at the music festival.

    They're indispensable for backpackers, campers and anyone else who plans to be away from a power outlet for a while; indeed, both the Solar and the Eco Player are ruggedly built, with rubberized nonscratchable surfaces.

    To be sung to in this way by the entire faery kingdom, each member of it born from the heartsong of a camper, was truly a delight that not many, I believe, have known.

  2. 2

    A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in.

    The moonshiners are now only a memory, but the sunrisers have grown into many hundreds, with trailers and campers pulling into Red Rock Canyon days early for a good parking spot.

  3. 3

    A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.

  4. 4

    slangA person who stays too long at a table after eating.

    I'm trying to get rid of the campers on table seven.

Etymology

Etymology tree English camp Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English camper From camp (verb) + -er.

adjective

  1. 1

    Also a form of campcomparative form of camp: more camp

Etymology

Etymology tree English camp Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English camper From camp (adjective) + -er.

Forms

plural
campers
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).