- a performer at circuses, etc. who pretends to eat fire
- a hot-tempered person always ready to quarrel or fight
fire-eater
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fire-eater
noun
- A performer who pretends to swallow fire.
- A belligerent person or a militant partisan.
Related Forms:
- fire′-eat′ing
adjective
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Noun
(plural fire-eaters)
- A performer who pretends to swallow fire.
- (figuratively) A quarrelsome or belligerent person.
- (US, historical) An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.
- fire-eating
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