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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

agent provocateur, agitator, agitprop, catalyst, debate, debater, declaim, declaimer, elocute, exciter, firebrand, fomenter, harangue, haranguer, hold forth, hothead, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, instigator, jawsmith, mischief-maker, mouth, orate, out-herod Herod, panelist, perorate, provocateur, provoker, public speaker, rabble-rouse, rabble-rouser, rant, ranter, read, recite, ringleader, rodomontade, rouser, seditionary, seditionist, speaker, speecher, speechifier, speechmaker, spiel, spieler, spokesman, spokeswoman, spout, spouter, talker, troublemaker, tub-thump, tub-thumper, urger

Dictionary Results for demagogue:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

demagogue
    n 1: a political leader who seeks support by appealing to
         popular passions and prejudices [syn: demagogue,
         demagog, rabble-rouser]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Demagogue \Dem"a*gogue\ (?; 115), n. [Gr. dhmagwgo`s a popular
   leader; commonly in a bad sense, a leader of the mob; dh^mos
   the people + 'agwgo`s leading, fr. 'a`gein to lead; akin to
   E. act: cf. F. d['e]magogue.]
   A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the
   multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and
   factious mob orator or political leader.
   [1913 Webster]

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