soap-box orator

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• soap-box orator —  One who addresses open air meetings in popular style …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• John Webster (orator) — John Webster, aka Mo(u)hammed Jon Webster, or more simply just Webster (circa 1913 15 December 2008), was a soap box orator and public speaker who principally plied his trade at Speakers Corner near Marble Arch at Hyde Park, London and beneath… …   Wikipedia

• Wizard of New Zealand — The Wizard of New Zealand, also known as the Archwizard of Canterbury, is well known in New Zealand as a public speaker, performer, and eccentric. The Wizard (his legally recognised name) has also been recognised as a living work of art by the… …   Wikipedia

• agitator — n 1. demagogue, rabble rouser, soap box orator; inciter, instigator, provoker, fomenter, agitprop, labor baiter, Fr. agent provocateur; firebrand, incendiary, rebel, insurgent, insurrectionist, radical; troublemaker, mischief maker, stormy petrel …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• rabble-rouser — n demagogue, soap box orator, agitator; inciter, instigator, provoker, fomenter, agitprop, Sl. labor baiter, Fr. agent provocateur; firebrand, incendiary, rebel, revolutionary, insurgent, insurrectionist, radical; troublemaker, Sl. hell raiser,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• soapbox — also soap box, 1650s, box for holding soap, later especially a wooden crate in which soap may be packed. Typical of a makeshift stand for a public orator since at least 1907. Also used by children to make racing carts, Cf. soap box derby, annual… …   Etymology dictionary

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• 1933 — This article is about the year 1933. Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century – 20th century – 21st century Decades: 1900s  1910s  1920s  – 1930s –  1940s   …   Wikipedia

• Troy, New York — Troy   City   City of Troy The Troy waterfront and Hudson River, 2009 …   Wikipedia