camp follower

noun

1. （支持某一团体或政党但并非其正式成员的）追随者
   a person who supports a particular group or political party but is not a member of it
2. （旧时的）随军商贩，随军杂役
   (in the past) a person who was not a soldier but followed an army from place to place to sell goods or services

1. N-COUNT (组织、运动的)追随者,跟风者
   If you describe someone as a camp follower, you mean that they do not officially belong to a particular group or movement but support it for their own advantage.
   1. ...the Tory leader's friends and camp followers.
      保守党领导人的朋友及追随者
2. (尤指随军的)士兵家属,提供随军服务的人;跟随者
   Camp followers are people who travel with an army or other group, especially members of soldiers' families, or people who supply goods and services to the army.

1. She wanted to be more than a hanger-on, a camp follower: she wanted to be a full member.
   她不满足于充当一个跟随者，一个依附者：她要成为一名正式成员。
2. As a camp follower I tried to get as close as possible to the front.
   我以一名随军观战人员的身分，试图到尽可能靠近前线的地方去。

noun

1. a follower who is not a member of an ingroup

2. a prostitute who provides service to military personnel