rabble-rouser
[rab-uh l-rou-zer]
- a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for his or her own interests; demagogue.
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Origin of rabble-rouser
First recorded in 1835–45
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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.
rabble-rouser
- a person who manipulates the passions of the mob; demagogue
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