sooler

English

Etymology

sool +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -uːlə(ɹ)

Noun

sooler (plural soolers)

  1. (Australia) Agitator, inciter; hawk (sense 2), warmonger
    • 1921 February 6, The Sunday Mirror‎, Perth, WA:
      According to the doctors (except one) giving evidence in the Mable inquiry, every person who possesses rooted prejudices, whether founded on basic facts or not, is a paranoic. On this medical ruling 'The Mirror' herewith submits a list of paranoics: […] Every sooler who convinced himself the war was for democracy […]
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia‎, page 120:
      Then a war-monger, or Sooler, as such people were called in the locality, made his voice heard in the land.
    • 2015, Peter Cochrane, Book review: Before Rupert - Keith Murdoch and the Birth of a Dynasty, theconversation.com, November 12, 2015,
      The Monash vignette is but a small part of Roberts’ rich account of Murdoch’s role in the war as chief propagandist for Prime Minister Billy Hughes, chief “sooler-on” in the recruitment and conscription campaigns, chief race patriot and otherwise tireless climber.

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