tub-thumper

American  

[tuhb-thuhm-per] / ˈtʌbˌθʌm pər /

noun

1. a vociferous supporter or promoter, as of a cause.

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tub-thumper British  

noun

1. a noisy, violent, or ranting public speaker

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Other Word Forms

• tub-thumping noun

Etymology

Origin of tub-thumper

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

He was the self-styled Prince of Humbug who offered gullible patrons fake mermaids and 160-year-old women; at the same time, he was a temperance tub-thumper and, as an elected politician, an anti-slavery campaigner.

From The Guardian

The record ends with the title track, an anthemic tub-thumper to hammer home the Bieber mythos of following your dreams, never saying never and all those other aspirational bromides as earnest as they are vague.

From The Guardian

Who, here, forgetful of their Wiltshire birth cheered the Birmingham tub-thumper to the echo, and there, roared stern assent to the wildest statements of the Political Union?

From Project Gutenberg

He was not talking "principle," so beloved of the tub-thumper.

From Project Gutenberg

Tom Hooper's monarch-ish drama about King George VI's struggles to overcome a stammer on the eve of the second world war is a deftly shot, beautifully acted, curiously moving tub-thumper buoyed by a classy bromance.

From The Guardian