camp follower
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Noun (2)
- a prostitute who provides service to military personnelType of prostitute, cocotte
- a follower who is not a member of an ingroupType of follower
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Camp follower
a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc.
From the entry Camp.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54