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tər noun
1.
an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
2.
an easily provoked, belligerent person.
3.
U.S. History. an early and extreme Southern advocate of secession before the Civil War.
Origin:
1665–75
1665–75
Related forms
fire-eat·ing, adjective, noun
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| fire-eater | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a performer who simulates the swallowing of fire |
| 2. | a belligerent person |
| 'fire-eating | |
| —n, —adj | |
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