"fire-eater" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire-eaters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire-eater (plural fire-eaters)
  1. A performer who pretends to swallow fire. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fire eater, fireeater Synonyms (performer): firebreather, fire-breather, fire breather Related terms: fire-eating Translations (performer): vuureter (Afrikaans), آكِل اَلنَّار (ʔākil an-nār) (Arabic), vuurvreter [masculine] (Dutch), tulennielijä (Finnish), mangeur de feu [masculine] (French), mangeuse de feu [feminine] (French), cracheur de feu [masculine] (French), cracheuse de feu [feminine] (French), Feuerschlucker [masculine] (German), Feuerschluckerin [feminine] (German), רושף \ רוֹשֵׁף (roshéf) [masculine] (Hebrew), רושפת \ רוֹשֶׁפֶת (roshéfet) [feminine] (Hebrew), slogaire tine [masculine] (Irish), agirbaz [common-gender] (Northern Kurdish), eldslukare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fire-eater-en-noun-j~ZJ1CG2 Disambiguation of People: 40 14 46 Disambiguation of 'performer': 70 10 20 Disambiguation of 'performer': 70 10 20
  2. (figuratively) A quarrelsome or belligerent person. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People Translations (quarrelsome or belligerent person): riitapukari (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fire-eater-en-noun-3NOIxtCZ Disambiguation of People: 40 14 46 Disambiguation of 'quarrelsome or belligerent person': 3 95 2
  3. (US, historical) An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War. Tags: US, historical Categories (topical): American Civil War, People
    Sense id: en-fire-eater-en-noun-xFLaZfw0 Disambiguation of American Civil War: 5 1 95 Disambiguation of People: 40 14 46 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 2 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 2 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 1 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 1 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 12 16 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 3 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 4 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 2 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 4 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 16 5 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 3 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 8 1 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 3 85

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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