Campaign \Cam*paign"\, n. [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L.
Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field.
See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]
1. An open field; a large, open plain without considerable
hills. SeeChampaign. --Grath.
2. (Mil.) A connected series of military operations forming a
distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army
keeps the field. --Wilhelm.
3. Political operations preceding an election; a canvass.
[Cant, U. S.]
4. (Metal.) The period during which a blast furnace is
continuously in operation.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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