0 a person who is interested in and supports a particular political party or other organization but is not a member of it --
A soldier's mistresseven a high-born soldier's mistressis despised as a sheath, or camp follower.
They married after he rescued her from victimization as a camp follower.
Receiving a wage from the army meant that they could earn a decent living as a camp follower.
Over time, they develop a camp follower, a cat.
But in his speech today he sounded like a poor old tired and raddled political camp follower, still protesting his virtue—a virtue that no one wants to take from him.
Venereal disease has been described as the camp follower of war, and it may be readily understood how far war circumstances would favour the spread of venereal disease.
He might be a camp follower.
She is underpaid and under-fed, and is regarded as nothing but a poor camp follower.