| \RAB-uh l-rou-zer\ | noun
1. a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for his or her own interests; demagogue.
| | Quotes | She used every emotional trick of the rabble-rouser to whip them up into frenzies, made them drunk on emotion, created a scene of back-pounding, shouting, jittering maniacs.
-- Mark Clifton, "What Now, Little Man?" The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 1959 | | Origin | | Rabble-rouser is a compound term formed from rabble meaning "a disorderly crowd; mob" and rouse meaning "to stir or incite." It entered English in the mid-1800s. | |
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