mau-mauer

English

Etymology

mau-mau +‎ -er

Noun

mau-mauer (plural mau-mauers)

  1. One who agitates for change; rabble rouser.
    • 1974, Chicago Journalism Review - Volume 7, page 40:
      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.
    • 1984, Michael Bernick, The Dreams of Jobs:
      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.
    • 2013, Katherine Giuffre, Communities and Networks:
      Mau-mauers know that the lack of density between groups means that there is an opportunity to use duplicity to their own advantage.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.