camp follower

1. N-COUNT 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. 隨軍流動的平民; 特指軍隊的家屬或給軍隊提供物資和服務(wù)的人

2. N-COUNT 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. 爲自身利益而支持某組織或團躰的非成員[表不滿]

...the Democratic leader's friends and camp followers. ...該民主黨領(lǐng)袖的朋友和支持他的非民主黨人士。