English Dictionary

fire-eater

noun

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

The fire-eater amazed the audience with his daring tricks.

意味（1）

A performer who pretends to swallow fire.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A quarrelsome or belligerent person.

"But he is a regular fire eater!"

"He's a bad man—a blamed bad man!" fluttered Danny Griswold.

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.

意味（3）

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

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