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- noun Plural form of
rouser .
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Examples
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These losers are nothing but rabble rousers from the pseudo Christian evangelical base of the Repub Party trying to destroy President Obama.
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One Republican member seeking anonymity explained that the group of rabble-rousers is frustrated not only with the conference leaders but also with the leadership of Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Tom Price (Ga.).
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After having made, on one occasion, one of his "rousers," as soon as he closed he caught the eye of his friend, which he fancied beamed with more than its ordinary light, and mistaking it for approbation, he rushed up to him and exclaimed, "Now, Tom, what have you got to say to that speech?"
A Controversy Between "Erskine" and "W. M." on the Practicability of Suppressing Gambling. 1862
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They received from our men the name of "rousers," from their efficacy in rousing up even those most prostrated.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 David Livingstone 1843
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For many Indians, Mr. Singh, a soft-spoken economist with a reputation for probity, stood apart from the assorted ruffians and rabble rousers who make up the bulk of the political class.
The Reformer Who Never Was Sadanand Dhume 2012
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Members of this beleaguered guild will be comforted to discover that playwrights can still differentiate between the squawking rabble rousers of cable and the quieter practitioners who simply get on with the business of finding out what's going on.
Theater review: 'Time Stands Still' and 'Lombardi' on Broadway Peter Marks 2010
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Israel! protest at Stanford yesterday, a dozen or so loud rabble-rousers meandering through libraries and trying to be louder than the Michael Jackson tracks being blasted in front of the bookstore (and failing).
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Early in my service a Ch. Insp was required to resign after being caught speeding-You see it is all about standards-if there are no standards applied you soon lose discipline and then “you are only a rabble rousers shout away from anarchy” - as Wellington said. on March 11, 2009 at 6: 23 pm | Reply Retired Sgt
“Ruralshire Constabulary to get TASER on the front line” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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The pity of it is that the number of people who would opt for reason, or for peaceful resolution, almost always outnumbers the rabble rousers and hotheads.
A Conversation with Dan Fesperman about The Prisoner of Guantanamo 2010
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For many Indians, Mr. Singh, a soft-spoken economist with a reputation for probity, stood apart from the assorted ruffians and rabble rousers who make up the bulk of the political class.
India's Reformer Who Never Was Sadanand Dhume 2012
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