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View synonyms for rabble-rouser

rabble-rouser

[ rab-uhl-rou-zer ]

noun

  1. a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for self-interested reasons; demagogue.


rabble-rouser

noun

  1. a person who manipulates the passions of the mob; demagogue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈrabble-ˌrousing, adjectivenoun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rabble-rouser1

First recorded in 1835–45
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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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