NOUN
- a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
How To Use rabble-rouser In A Sentence
- He has become gruff and cold, a far cry from the playful, expansive carouser and rabble-rouser of the film's opening scenes. Come and Get It
- Trinidad went through one of the most volatile periods in its history during the 30s as they marched to independence - you had labor struggles, government crackdowns on rabble-rousers and full-on riots in the streets.
- Doubtless, the rabble-rousers of the Middle Ages who led the persecution of ‘witches’ were fully aware of the viciousness of their acts.
- Corolini is a populist rabble-rouser ," replied Sameth, quoting an editorial from the Times. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
- Poetry has always been used by rabble-rousers, way back to Shakespeare and Byron… Poems reflect the world around us and can force us to challenge what we see.
- He wasn't a rabble-rouser, he wasn't a fiery speaker, he wasn't a mobiliser of large crowds, and he certainly wasn't a guerrilla.
- For a rabble-rouser, that's a winning combination. Times, Sunday Times
- It was an ill-assorted gang he had joined: high-spirited youngbloods like Cornelius Cethegus, out for a fight; aging and dissolute noblemen like Marcus Laeca and Autronius Paetus, whose public careers had been frustrated by their private vices; mutinous ex-soldiers led by rabble-rousers like Gaius Manlius, who had been a centurion under Sulla. CONSPIRATA
- Johnson was unpopular with the management because he was a well-known rabble-rouser.
- You have seen the fate of rabble-rousers and rebels.
