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camp ˈfol·low·er N

1. camp follower MIL (civilian follower):

camp follower

Marketender(in) m (f) hist

2. camp follower (for cause):

camp follower

Anhänger(in) m (f)

camp follower

Mitläufer(in) m (f) pej

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These camp followers often served as laundresses, cleaning and mending the uniforms of the soldiers. en.wikipedia.org

Following this would be the siege train, supply wagons and then the camp followers. en.wikipedia.org

These camp followers were often refugees, soldiers wives and family, and support personnel. en.wikipedia.org

Camp followers formed a town a mile north of the post. en.wikipedia.org

A soldier's mistresseven a high-born soldier's mistressis despised as a sheath, or camp follower. en.wikipedia.org

For example, camp followers are just not the same as soldaderas or female soldiers-even if there may be some overlap. en.wikipedia.org

This includes the servants and camp followers, who usually numbered at least half as many again as the actual troops. en.wikipedia.org

Camp followers were used mainly for field work and sometimes to defend fortified camps or trains. en.wikipedia.org

His demoralized army collapsed and all his generals were captured with thousands of soldiers and camp followers. en.wikipedia.org

Over time, they develop a camp follower, a cat. en.wikipedia.org

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