rouser
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The rest of the set balanced her competing impulses: rock chick, singer-songwriter, rabble rouser, strident feminist, heartfelt balladeer.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025
Clyburn campaigned for Brown, and was joined by House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, who took a dig at Turner’s reputation as a rabble rouser.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2021
McMurphy is a gambler and rabble rouser who faked insanity to serve a prison sentence in the hospital instead of at a prison work farm.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2020
Chenoweth, whose freakishly wide-ranging voice can accommodate a multitude of styles, sang Judy Garland favorites, country and western numbers, a Carpenters hit and a gospel crowd rouser.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2019
She smiled a wicked little smile that she called "the rouser."
From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Jenkins, Herbert George
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