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单词 fire-eater
释义 fire-eater
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : a performer who pretends to eat fire
2.
 a. : a person of violent, pugnacious, or swaggering disposition : bully
  < another fire-eater … mighty fighter and hunter whose deeds were already epic along the moving frontier — American Guide Series: Texas >
 b. : a person who displays very militant or aggressive partisanship (as in political questions)
  < inside all parties there are moderates and extremists …; the pacific and the fire-eaters — Barbara & Robert North >
 specifically : a violent Southern proslavery partisan before the Civil War
  < Southern fire-eaters … held the government had no power to ban slavery in the West — R.A.Billington >
  — used chiefly by northern opponents
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