rouser

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The Toon Army needed a rabble-rouser, a general prepared to fly by the seat of his pants.

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  1. One who or that which rouses or excites to action. All this which I have depainted to thee are inciters and rousers of my mind. Shelton, tr. of Don Quixote, iii. 6. (Latham.)
  2. That which rouses attention or interest; something exciting or astonishing: as, the speech was a rouser; that's a rouser (an astonishing lie). [Colloquial]
  3. Something to rouse with; specifically, in brewing, a stirrer in the hop-copper.

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  • He was a rabble-rouser, all right, and never listened to a single word of warning that he was playing a dangerous game. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 2] - Changeling
  • She was the peacemaker and the rebel-rouser, her father's pride when she rode beside him on the hunt, her mother's frustration when she tried her hand at sewing. —  Garwood, Julie - Gentle Warrior
  • The Toon Army needed a rabble-rouser, a general prepared to fly by the seat of his pants. —  mirror.co.uk - Home
  • Of course, much of India's ancient spirit can be revived by getting the angry and youthful rabble-rouser Varun Gandhi freed from jail where he was recently locked up for making hate speeches against fellow citizens.
  • Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner, and it was both odd and reaffirming to see such a notorious rabble-rouser memorialized in such a dignified spot. —  Gone Mild
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