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Aufrührer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • firebrand noun A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.
  • insurrectionist noun A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection.
  • mischief noun Playful behaviour that causes minor trouble or annoyance, without real malice.
  • rebel noun A person who fights against or refuses to obey an established authority.

Senses

Aufrührer is used for these senses in English:

  • firebrand (figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.
  • insurrectionist A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection.
  • mischief (archaic, countable) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.
  • rebel A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
  • rioter One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.
  • seditionary An inciter or promoter of sedition; a seditionist.

firebrand — full definition

  1. noun A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.
  2. noun An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.

Related German words