Fire-eater

/fˈaɪəɹˈiːtə/

/fˈaɪɚɹˈiːɾɚ/

[noun]

Fire-eater

[NOUN]

a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

synonyms : fire fighter

firefighter

fireman

a performer who pretends to swallow fire

synonyms : fire-swallower

a belligerent grouch

synonyms : hothead

Examples

1. Now, Rhett and other fire-eaters wanted the Confederate Constitution to contain stronger states' rights provisions, including on the topic of nullification, the ability of any particular state.

2. But Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart - the Belgian-born British officer with a reputation as a fire-eater - he did those things!

3. Now by the 1800s, we come to a time that some people call the golden age of fire-eaters.

4. For example, I talk about I talk about the fire-eater by the name of Robert Barnwell Rhett who hailed from South Carolina quite a bit.

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