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Meaning of fire-eater | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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

Afrikaans vuureter
العربية آكِل اَلنَّار
Deutsch Feuerschlucker Feuerschluckerin
Suomi riitapukari tulennielijä
Français cracheur de feu cracheuse de feu mangeur de feu mangeuse de feu
Nederlands vuurvreter
Svenska eldslukare

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

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

fire-escape knot fire-extinguisher fire-eye fire-eyed diucon fire-flies fire-fly

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