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rabble-rouser
[ rab-uhl-rou-zer ]
noun
- a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for self-interested reasons; demagogue.
rabble-rouser
noun
- a person who manipulates the passions of the mob; demagogue
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Derived Forms
- ˈrabble-ˌrousing, adjectivenoun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rabble-rouser1
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Example Sentences
Reverend [Jesse] Jackson started as a rabble-rouser in Chicago and ended up running for president and having a talk show on CNN.
On The Real Housewives of New York City, Alex McCord has morphed from wallflower to rabble-rouser.
Before Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and a staid statesman, he was a Whig and a rabble-rouser.
He looked from his charges to the ranting fear-crazed rabble-rouser.
The average head of a democratic state is not ipso facto the best rabble-rouser within that state, but merely one of the best.
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