Meaning

3 senses
  1. A performer who pretends to swallow fire.

    Feuerschlucker, Feuerschluckerin

    a performer who pretends to swallow fire

  2. (figuratively)A quarrelsome or belligerent person.

    a belligerent grouch

  3. (US, historical)An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.

Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
performer:

Forms

plural: fire-eaters

Synonyms

7 synonyms
performer:firebreatherfire-breatherfire breather
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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