rouser

/ (ˈraʊzə) /

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noun

a person or thing that rouses people, such as a stirring speech or compelling rock song
(in combination)rabble-rouser

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Words nearby rouser

roupy, Rourke, Rous, rouse, rouseabout, rouser, rousing, Rous sarcoma, Rousseau, Rousseauism, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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How to use rouser in a sentence

Reverend [Jesse] Jackson started as a rabble-rouser in Chicago and ended up running for president and having a talk show on CNN.
Sharpton’s Controversial TV Gig|Lloyd Grove|August 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST
On The Real Housewives of New York City, Alex McCord has morphed from wallflower to rabble-rouser.
The Real Housewives of New York City's Alex McCord Lets Loose|Nicole LaPorte|May 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Before Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and a staid statesman, he was a Whig and a rabble-rouser.
When Politicians Run Away|David A. Graham|February 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And I'd got pretty slack till you woke us up last night—I say, that was a rouser again.
Dolly Reforming Herself|Henry Arthur Jones

The boys were going to have a rouser that night; everybody out in front of the gym before dinner for songs and speeches.
The Mystery of Arnold Hall|Helen M. Persons
He looked from his charges to the ranting fear-crazed rabble-rouser.
Turning Point|Alfred Coppel
It's a regular rouser, and you'll be as wet as a sop before we get home.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878|Various
The average head of a democratic state is not ipso facto the best rabble-rouser within that state, but merely one of the best.
The American Credo|George Jean Nathan