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the firebrand

noun

An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the current situation.

  • The member of the college's Communist League was a firebrand who would launch a sit-in or protest march at a moment's notice.

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"Principles are like prayers," she tells the firebrand teacher.

I don't think I'll become rich in the firebrand business.

"What a genius!" The firebrand is passing into history.

The firebrand rancher then issued a call to arms.

Wilson then asked if he knew the firebrand poet Amiri Baraka.

Amaya, the grand-niece of the firebrand Carmen Amaya, has inherited her relative's attack and intensity.

Woodbridge, the firebrand, found his match in Woodforde, the cooler mind.

March 23 The Palestinian organization Hamas chooses the firebrand Abdel Aziz Rantisi as its new leader.

Among the impoverished majority, the firebrand preaching they hear in Islamic schools has a powerful allure.

The firebrand host has galvanised opposition to Mr Obama's stimulus package.

Last year, he aligned himself with overtly Islamist leaders, including the firebrand cleric Moktada al-Sadr.

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