fire-eater

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

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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.

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The fire-eater dazzled the crowd with a dramatic display of flame swallowing at the winter festival.

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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. That's right, nodded Lewis Little. He really wants to fight with swords, I believe.

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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.

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fire-eaters （ plural ）