Meaning & use
firebrand
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a person who is passionately outspoken in promoting a cause, often stirring up strong feeling or controversy.
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The young senator became known as a firebrand for workers' rights.
A firebrand of the movement, she never shied away from confrontation.
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Originally meant a piece of burning wood; now used almost exclusively to describe a passionately provocative person.
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