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rouser

British  
/ ˈraʊzə /

noun

    1. a person or thing that rouses people, such as a stirring speech or compelling rock song

    2. ( in combination )

      rabble-rouser

"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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The rest of the set balanced her competing impulses: rock chick, singer-songwriter, rabble rouser, strident feminist, heartfelt balladeer.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025

I can also acknowledge that “Can’t Hold Us” is a rouser that gets people pumped up, too.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2022

He embraced his reputation as a rabble rouser, wearing a T-shirt given to him by colleagues that said, "Here Comes Trouble."

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021

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

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 Thomas Nast

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