Campers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A collective of people residing temporarily in nature, often using tents, while engaging in recreational activities and forming social bonds through shared experiences
2. Groups of individuals or families who occupy a designated outdoor area for leisure, involving activities like cooking, wandering, and bonding with nature
3. Individuals or groups who spend time living in natural settings, often in tents or trailers, for enjoyment and outdoor activities

Etymology: "Campers" is the plural of "camper", a word built from the verb "camp" and the agent suffix "-er", meaning one who camps. The verb "camp" is much older than the outdoor sense: it came into English from Old French "camp" and Latin "campus", and originally meant a field or a military encampment, with the sense of living in tents for recreation arriving much later. The suffix "-er" has a long pedigree of its own. It descends through Old English "-ere" and Middle English "-ere", ultimately tracing back to Latin "-arius", which turned a verb or noun into a person connected with that activity. The result is a word whose ending is almost as old as the English language itself, attached to a verb that arrived from the continent, so the two halves of "campers" were assembled from very different strands of the language's history.

Synonyms: vacationers, holidaymakers, tourists, glampers, outdoor enthusiasts

Antonyms: INVALID