camper

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US/ˈkæmpɚ/UK/ˈkæmpə/

noun

A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

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

Similar
camping busmotor home
Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

camper1

nouncamper (plural campers)

plural campers

  1. A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

    There were thousands of campers at the music festival.

    2 more examples

    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.

    2008 March 13, David Pogue, “Media Players, Untethered”, in The New York Times

    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.

    2010, Erjan J. Slavin, The Tale of the Mirror (& The Wishing Tree Poetry), →ISBN, page 72
  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.

    2003, Roberta Martin Starry, Gold Gamble, page 156
  3. derogatoryvideo gamesA person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.
  4. slangrestaurantsA person who stays too long at a table after eating.

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

camper2

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of camp: more camp

Camper3

proper nounCamper (plural Campers)

plural Campers

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling

Similar
camping busmotor home

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

camper · noun

From camp (verb) + -er.

Full word history & related roots →

camper · adjective

From camp (adjective) + -er.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian лагерник
  • лагерник (lagernik)person who camps
Catalan campista
  • campistaperson who camps
Dutch kampeerder, kampeerster
  • kampeerderperson who camps
  • kampeersterperson who camps
Finnish retkeilijä, telttailija
  • retkeilijäperson who camps
  • telttailijaperson who camps
  • kämppärivideo games: person who stays in one spot
French campeur
  • campeurperson who camps
German Zelter, Zelterin
  • Zelterperson who camps
  • Zelterinperson who camps
  • Camperperson who camps
  • Camperinperson who camps
  • Campervideo games: person who stays in one spot
  • Camperinvideo games: person who stays in one spot
Hungarian táborozó
  • táborozóperson who camps
Indonesian pekemah, pengendok
  • pekemahperson who camps
  • pengendokvideo games: person who stays in one spot
  • pengokokvideo games: person who stays in one spot
Irish campálaí
  • campálaíperson who camps
Japanese 芋スナイパー
  • 芋スナイパー (imo sunaipā)video games: person who stays in one spot
Korean 야영객
  • 야영객 (yayeonggaek)person who camps
Polish obozowicz, obozowiczka
  • obozowiczperson who camps
  • obozowiczkaperson who camps
  • campervideo games: person who stays in one spot
Portuguese campista, camper
  • campistaperson who camps
  • campervideo games: person who stays in one spot
Russian ке́мпер, кры́са
  • ке́мпер (kémper)video games: person who stays in one spot
  • кры́са (krýsa)video games: person who stays in one spot
Spanish campista, campero
  • campistaperson who camps
  • camperovideo games: person who stays in one spot
  • camperavideo games: person who stays in one spot
Turkish kampçı
  • kampçıperson who camps

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with camper

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Cite this entry
APA

camper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camper

MLA

“camper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “camper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camper.

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