Firebrand

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person who stirs up trouble or kindles a revolt.
  • n. A piece of burning wood.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the current situation.
  • n. A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A piece of burning wood.
  • n. One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A piece of wood kindled or on fire; a piece of any burning substance.
  • n. Hence That which or one who sets on fire, literally or figuratively; specifically, an incendiary, in any sense; especially, one who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief.
  • n. In heraldry, specifically, a torch. When ignited it is blazoned as firebrand inflamed. It is represented as a torch or as a pale or pallet raguly couped. In the latter case it is always inflamed at the top.
  • Of an incendiary nature.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who deliberately foments trouble
  • n. a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
  • Hypernym
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    firewood   
    Synonym
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    incendiary   
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