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Noun: rabble-rouser  'ra-bul,raw-zu(r)
  1. A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
    "The rabble-rouser's inflammatory speeches swayed the crowd";
    - demagogue, demagog [US]

Derived forms: rabble-rousers

Type of: pol [N. Amer, informal], political leader, politician, politico [informal], pollie [Austral, informal], polly [Austral, informal]

Encyclopedia: Rabble-rouser