"rabble rouser" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-rabble_rouser.ogg , En-au-rabble rouser.ogg Forms: rabble rousers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rabble rouser (plural rabble rousers)
  1. (idiomatic) Someone or something that tends to inspire mobs; something controversial or provocative. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People Synonyms: demagogue, rabble-rouser Translations (someone or something that tends to inspire mobs): ὀχλοκόπος (okhlokópos) (Ancient Greek), подстрекател (podstrekatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), agitador [masculine] (Catalan), demagog [masculine] (Catalan), kansankiihottaja (Finnish), fauteur de troubles [masculine] (French), agitateur [masculine] (French), démagogue [masculine] (French), Hetzer [masculine] (German), Scharfmacher [masculine] (German), Volksverhetzer [masculine] (German), turbātor [masculine] (Latin), podżegacz [masculine] (Polish), agitador [masculine] (Spanish)

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