Meaning

noun a race between candidates for elective office

noun a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

noun several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)

originFrom French campagne, from Italian campagna (“field, military operation”), from Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”), from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of campania, campagna, and champagne.

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