rabble rouser
Noun
Meaning
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
Source: WordNetAlternative names
rabble-rouser
Synonyms
demagogue
demagog
rascal
speaker
rogue
brat
miscreant
firebrand
radical
revolutionary
champion
rebel
reformer
incendiary
dissident
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Examples
Its discovery has been credited to "a preacher and rabble-rouser named Joseph Priestley," but equal kudos arguably should go to the French aristocrat chemist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier.
Baldwin, ever the rabble-rouser, chimes in: “I was the captive nigger.
Lydia isn't much of a rabble-rouser, to be honest.