fire-eatern.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪə(r)ˌiːtə/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌidər/

Forms: see fire n. and eater n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., eater n.

Etymology: < fire n. + eater n.

1. A performer at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment who eats, or who appears to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc. Cf. fire-swallower n. (b) at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > juggler or conjurer > types of

knife-warper?c1225

saccularian1652

fire-eater1676

fire king1796

juggler1807

stone-eater1820

sword-swallower1826

fire-swallower1857

salamander1859

jadoo-wallah1890

knife-thrower1905

gully-gully man1930

1676 J. M. Sports & Pastimes 35 Although they that practice it, use all the means they can to prevent danger, yet I..never saw any one of these Fire-eators that had a good complexion.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1672 (1955) III. 626 Richardson the famous Fire-Eater..before us devourd Brimston on glowing coales, chewing and swallowing them.

1718 Critick 3 Feb. The Fire-Eater at the Duke of Marlborough's Head has undone it [sc. the Raree-Show at Westminster-Abbey]: And 'tis reported that a Petition is actually drawing against Him, in the Name of the Singing-Men and Choiristers.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 88 Stage-players, fire-eaters..and wire-walkers..ought not entirely to be despised.

1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 221 Like the celebrated fire-eater in London.

1870 Bradford Observer 23 June 6/3 A few steps from the pea saloons we found a number of caravans containing fat ladies, fire-eaters, and learned pigs.

1913 G. Middleton & R. K. Middleton Circus Mem. viii. 88 I had picked out attractions that would appeal to the eye as far as I could, like a fire eater, swordsman, an educated pig.

1957 Times 12 Apr. 7/4 Richard Gill, aged 19, a clown and fire-eater at Lord George Sanger's Circus at Oxford.

2012 New Yorker 28 May 61/3 A former fire-eater at the circus!

a. A person who is fond of quarrelling or fighting; spec. a duellist. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun]

wyec900

rinkeOE

earlOE

manlOE

champion?c1225

warrer?c1225

drightmanc1275

here-dringc1275

here-gumec1275

here-kempec1275

wal-kempc1275

warrior1297

battlerc1300

fighterc1300

battle-wrighta1400

man-of-war1449

frekec1475

war-manc1485

combatant1489

Mars1565

warfarer1591

combater1598

Mavortian1598

brave1601

fire-eater1792

war-wolf1810

war-hound1812

war-dog1846

toa1860

Mavors1868

fightist1877

ninja1964

simba1964

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > one fond of fighting

cockera1275

fighter1413

fighting cock1546

firedrake1613

fire-eater1792

frampler1820

1792 Advice to Certain Lord High Chancellor iv. 25 A little bravado, and taking often of duels, may enable you to conceal your cowardice..and pass yourself for a Connaught fire eater.

1827 J. Barrington Personal Sketches Own Times II. 8 About the year 1777, the Fire-eaters were in great repute.

1864 Spectator No. 187. 627 Sober-minded men..not fire-eaters wishing to fight for pure fighting's sake.

1911 Blacksmiths Jrnl. July 23/2 Pay no attention to some of those fire-eaters that want to go on a strike every day that some little matter comes up.

1913 H. G. Wells Passionate Friends vi. 184 Why do you want to fight a duel with Maxton? What's it all about? Fire-eater you must be!

1944 Life 28 Aug. 26/1 (headline) General Patton U. S. Army's legendary fire-eater becomes hero of drive for Paris.

b. U.S. In the period prior to the American Civil War (1861–5): an extreme Southern partisan advocating secession from the Union. Cf. fire-swallower n. (a) at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Confederate cause > support for > supporter

butternut1810

fire-eater1851

secessionist1860

confederate1861

rebel1895

reb1897

1851 Madison (Indiana) Dollar Weekly Courier 26 Nov. 1/7 Fancy names.—In Alabama, during the late political contest, the ‘Fire-eaters’ called the Union Democrats ‘Soap tails’.

1852 E. Fisher in Life & Corr. Quitman (1860) II. xvii. 178 Men of the two extremes, Free-soilers and Fire-eaters, hasten into parties.

1858 Congress. Globe Mar. App. 290/2 I tell you, southern men, I am ready to strike hands with fire-eaters and exterminate the race.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 55 The newcomer proved to be..as he pleasantly acknowledged, a Southern fire-eater.

1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand vii. 30 An original Secesh, a regular fire-eater.

1906 U. Sinclair Jungle xxx. 392 They sent for a South Carolina fire-eater, the ‘pitchfork senator’, as he was called, a man who took off his coat when he talked to working-men.

1996 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Sept. vii. 24 The Southern fire eaters specialized in delusions. They persuaded themselves that slavery was a benign institution.

†3. slang. In the language of certain professions: a quick worker. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > one who is rapid or makes rapid progress

hasting1546

fire-eater1841

fast timer1881

rattler1886

sprinter1899

fast worker1917

swiftie1945

1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 229 Fire-eater, Compositors who are expeditious workmen are styled Fire Eaters.

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Fire-eater, (Tailors), one who does a great amount of work in a very short time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fire-eater
释义	fire-eatern. Brit. /ˈfʌɪə(r)ˌiːtə/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌidər/ Forms: see fire n. and eater n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., eater n. Etymology: < fire n. + eater n. 1. A performer at a circus, fair, or similar entertainment who eats, or who appears to eat, flames (from a burning torch), burning coals, red-hot metal, etc. Cf. fire-swallower n. (b) at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > juggler or conjurer > types of knife-warper?c1225 saccularian1652 fire-eater1676 fire king1796 juggler1807 stone-eater1820 sword-swallower1826 fire-swallower1857 salamander1859 jadoo-wallah1890 knife-thrower1905 gully-gully man1930 1676 J. M. Sports & Pastimes 35 Although they that practice it, use all the means they can to prevent danger, yet I..never saw any one of these Fire-eators that had a good complexion. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1672 (1955) III. 626 Richardson the famous Fire-Eater..before us devourd Brimston on glowing coales, chewing and swallowing them. 1718 Critick 3 Feb. The Fire-Eater at the Duke of Marlborough's Head has undone it [sc. the Raree-Show at Westminster-Abbey]: And 'tis reported that a Petition is actually drawing against Him, in the Name of the Singing-Men and Choiristers. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 88 Stage-players, fire-eaters..and wire-walkers..ought not entirely to be despised. 1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 221 Like the celebrated fire-eater in London. 1870 Bradford Observer 23 June 6/3 A few steps from the pea saloons we found a number of caravans containing fat ladies, fire-eaters, and learned pigs. 1913 G. Middleton & R. K. Middleton Circus Mem. viii. 88 I had picked out attractions that would appeal to the eye as far as I could, like a fire eater, swordsman, an educated pig. 1957 Times 12 Apr. 7/4 Richard Gill, aged 19, a clown and fire-eater at Lord George Sanger's Circus at Oxford. 2012 New Yorker 28 May 61/3 A former fire-eater at the circus! 2. a. A person who is fond of quarrelling or fighting; spec. a duellist. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] wyec900 rinkeOE earlOE manlOE champion?c1225 warrer?c1225 drightmanc1275 here-dringc1275 here-gumec1275 here-kempec1275 wal-kempc1275 warrior1297 battlerc1300 fighterc1300 battle-wrighta1400 man-of-war1449 frekec1475 war-manc1485 combatant1489 Mars1565 warfarer1591 combater1598 Mavortian1598 brave1601 fire-eater1792 war-wolf1810 war-hound1812 war-dog1846 toa1860 Mavors1868 fightist1877 ninja1964 simba1964 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > one fond of fighting cockera1275 fighter1413 fighting cock1546 firedrake1613 fire-eater1792 frampler1820 1792 Advice to Certain Lord High Chancellor iv. 25 A little bravado, and taking often of duels, may enable you to conceal your cowardice..and pass yourself for a Connaught fire eater. 1827 J. Barrington Personal Sketches Own Times II. 8 About the year 1777, the Fire-eaters were in great repute. 1864 Spectator No. 187. 627 Sober-minded men..not fire-eaters wishing to fight for pure fighting's sake. 1911 Blacksmiths Jrnl. July 23/2 Pay no attention to some of those fire-eaters that want to go on a strike every day that some little matter comes up. 1913 H. G. Wells Passionate Friends vi. 184 Why do you want to fight a duel with Maxton? What's it all about? Fire-eater you must be! 1944 Life 28 Aug. 26/1 (headline) General Patton U. S. Army's legendary fire-eater becomes hero of drive for Paris. b. U.S. In the period prior to the American Civil War (1861–5): an extreme Southern partisan advocating secession from the Union. Cf. fire-swallower n. (a) at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Confederate cause > support for > supporter butternut1810 fire-eater1851 secessionist1860 confederate1861 rebel1895 reb1897 1851 Madison (Indiana) Dollar Weekly Courier 26 Nov. 1/7 Fancy names.—In Alabama, during the late political contest, the ‘Fire-eaters’ called the Union Democrats ‘Soap tails’. 1852 E. Fisher in Life & Corr. Quitman (1860) II. xvii. 178 Men of the two extremes, Free-soilers and Fire-eaters, hasten into parties. 1858 Congress. Globe Mar. App. 290/2 I tell you, southern men, I am ready to strike hands with fire-eaters and exterminate the race. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 55 The newcomer proved to be..as he pleasantly acknowledged, a Southern fire-eater. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand vii. 30 An original Secesh, a regular fire-eater. 1906 U. Sinclair Jungle xxx. 392 They sent for a South Carolina fire-eater, the ‘pitchfork senator’, as he was called, a man who took off his coat when he talked to working-men. 1996 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Sept. vii. 24 The Southern fire eaters specialized in delusions. They persuaded themselves that slavery was a benign institution. †3. slang. In the language of certain professions: a quick worker. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > one who is rapid or makes rapid progress hasting1546 fire-eater1841 fast timer1881 rattler1886 sprinter1899 fast worker1917 swiftie1945 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 229 Fire-eater, Compositors who are expeditious workmen are styled Fire Eaters. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Fire-eater, (Tailors), one who does a great amount of work in a very short time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1676
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