Meaning of fire-eater | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A performer who pretends to swallow fire.
2. A quarrelsome or belligerent person.
   figuratively
3. An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.
   US, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“"But he is a regular fire eater!" "He's a bad man—a blamed bad man!" fluttered Danny Griswold. "That's right," nodded Lewis Little. "He really wants to fight with swords, I believe."”

“Frustrated in their attempts to change the law, fire-eaters turned their efforts to breaking it.”

CEFR level