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camper noun [ ˈkampə ]

• a person who spends a holiday in a tent or holiday camp.
• "the site offers washing facilities for campers"
• a large motor vehicle with living accommodation.

camp adjective

• ostentatiously and extravagantly effeminate (typically used of a man or his manner).
• "a heavily made-up and highly camp actor"
Similar: effeminate, effete, foppish, affected, niminy-piminy, mincing, posturing, campy, queeny, limp-wristed, pansyish,
Opposite: macho, virile,
Origin: early 20th century: of unknown origin.


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