mau-mauer

noun

One who agitates for change; rabble rouser.

Meanings

nounmau-mauer (plural mau-mauers)

plural mau-mauers

  1. 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 Networks
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    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 40

    There 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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