Obs. or dial. [f. CAMP v.1 + -ER1.]
1. A player at camp-ball; a foot-ball player.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 60. Campar or pleyar at foott balle.
1573. Tusser, Husb. (1878), 60. Get campers a ball, to campe therewithall. Ibid., 64. In medow or pasture (to growe the more fine) let campers be camping in any of thine.
2. ? A contentious person; a wrangler. Cf. CAMP v.1 4.
1730. Oldmixon, Hist. Ho. Stuart, 281/2. Women of Quality are wont to be Campers.
