PAMPHLET Definition & Meaning

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pamphlet

[ pam-flit ]

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noun

a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.
a short treatise or essay, generally a controversial tract, on some subject of contemporary interest:
a political pamphlet.

pamphlet

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noun

a brief publication generally having a paper cover; booklet
a brief treatise, often on a subject of current interest, published in pamphlet form

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pamphlet¹

1375–1425; late Middle English pamflet < Anglo-Latin panfletus, pamfletus, syncopated variant of Pamphiletus, diminutive of Medieval Latin Pamphilus, title of a 12th-century Latin comedy. See -et

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pamphlet¹

C14 pamflet, from Anglo-Latin panfletus, from Medieval Latin Pamphilus title of a popular 12th-century amatory poem from Greek Pamphilos masculine proper name

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That backbench MP was none other than Rachel Reeves herself – in The Everyday Economy, a pamphlet she penned in 2018.

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In the Trump age, Americans are in desperate need of a refreshed pass on Paine’s Common Sense pamphlets.

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“Look at that mountain / Look at those trees,” he sings in the original recording as though he’s designing a tourism pamphlet.

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As patriots readied for battle and loyalists clung to the British crown, Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” a fiercely persuasive pamphlet that united Colonists to fight against monarchy in the name of self-rule.

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They’re handing out pamphlets with information about the fires, along with masks, disposable oxygen canisters, food and other supplies.

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