rouser
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I can also acknowledge that “Can’t Hold Us” is a rouser that gets people pumped up, too.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2022
Far from a rabble rouser, the 6-foot-7 Prince grew up in Liberty Hill, Texas, embarrassed about her height, slumping her shoulders and keeping her thoughts to herself in an effort to fit in.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022
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
It was their first headline slot at Glastonbury, but lead singer Meighan was an effective rabble rouser.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2014
The crowd didn’t cheer Androo much, but when Farragut was trotted out they gave him a rouser, wich wuz anything but pleasin to the Cheef Magistrate uv this nashen, who bleeves in bein respected.
From "Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866. by Nast, Thomas
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