Meanings
plural mau-mauers
- One who agitates for change; rabble rouser.
Mau-mauers know that the lack of density between groups means that there is an opportunity to use duplicity to their own advantage.
2013, Katherine Giuffre, Communities and Networks2 more examples
The successful mau-mauer knows that differences in treatment on the job based on sex are illegal. The sophisticated mau-mouer must organize women to seek representation in both management and union decision-making.
1974, Chicago Journalism Review - Volume 7, page 40There was another mau-mauer named Chaser. Chaser was the central character in Wolfe's essay, the supreme mau-mauer, the sweetest talking, smoothest flowing operator.
1984, Michael Bernick, The Dreams of Jobs
Origin
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