单词 | rabble-rouser |
释义 | rabble-rousern. 1. A person who speaks with the intention of inflaming the emotions of the populace or a crowd of people, typically for political reasons; an agitator; (more generally) a troublemaker; an unruly person. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun] > seditious person > rabble-rouser or demagogue demagogue1649 mob-drivera1734 mob-orator1814 rabble-rouser1831 hatemonger1916 1831 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 3 Jan. Odilon Barrot, in reply to a charge that he was one of the late rabble-rousers, said, it might as well be affirmed that ‘a certain banker had bought the late revolution’. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxii. 211 Nothing surpasses the munificent promises..of a genuine rabblerouser, just before an election. 1926 Evening Standard 12 July 3/2 You need not be a Tammany politician to know the meaning of boodle, gerrymander, carpet-bagger, wirepuller, rabble-rouser. 1959 ‘M. M. Kaye’ House of Shade xiv. 190 The murder of a rabble-rouser would probably be considered as of little account. 1965 Punch 13 Jan. 55/1 Hitler the rabble-rouser, Hitler the mob-orator. 1990 Hit Parader July 46/3 As the band's notoriety has grown, so has their reputation for being rabble rousers. 1996 M. Kingwell Dreams Millennium vii. 307 The popularity of anti-Washington sentiment is growing, expressed in unnerving incivility by talk-radio rabble-rousers. 2. A piece of music that excites an audience; a tune or song that appeals to the masses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > other types of piece tinternel1573 aubade1678 nome1705 accompaniment1728 potboiler1783 raga1789 elegy1808 improvisation1824 pièce d'occasion1830 morceau de salon1854 tum-tum1859 murky1876 test-piece1876 invention1880 monodia1880 serenata1883 monody1887 dumka1895 incidental number1904 a cappella1905 folk-tune1907 realization1911 nosebleeder1921 show tune1927 sicilienne1927 estampie1937 ballad1944 Siciliana1947 hard rocker1957 rabble-rouser1958 display1959 mobile1961 soundscape1968 grower1973 lounge1978 1947 Music Educators Jrnl. 33 52/3 (advt.) New March by Horace E. Mitchell. Arranged for full band by Cliff Barnes. Writers of Marches:..Banner Victorious (new), Rabble Rouser (novelty).] 1958 New Statesman 1 Feb. 133/3 The symphony ends with a noisy finale which seemed no more than an unusually prolonged rabble-rouser. 1965 G. Melly Owning-up iv. 38 They chose their fastest, loudest numbers, ‘rabble rousers’ was the trade name, in the hope of making some impact on the audience. 2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 67 The program ranged from..reliable rabble-rousers like Rossini's William Tell Overture to the solemnity of A Hymn of Peace, written for the occasion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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