fire-eater

== English == === Alternative forms === fire eater, fireeater === Noun === fire-eater (plural fire-eaters) A performer who pretends to swallow fire. (figuratively) A quarrelsome or belligerent person. Burt L. Standish (Gilbert Patten) "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." (US, historical) An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War. ==== Synonyms ==== (performer): firebreather, fire-breather, fire breather ==== Related terms ==== fire-eating ==== Translations ====