fire-eaters
Carnival torch performers
Fire-eaters are performers who appear to swallow flames or breathe fire as entertainment, a staple of circuses and street shows.
The term extends figuratively to anyone aggressively combative or eager for conflict: The fire-eaters in the meeting wanted to sue immediately.
In American history, fire-eaters were pro-slavery Southern politicians who pushed for secession before the Civil War.
Secondary carnival attraction
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- flameBurning gas made visible
- torchHandheld burning light source
kerosene · fuel · stunt · busker · spectacle · danger · showmanship · act
Inclined toward aggression
- warmongerAdvocate for armed conflict
- hawkTaloned predatory bird
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- militantAggressive cause supporter
jingoism · saber-rattling · extremist · radical · hardliner · Confederate · secessionist · provocateur
sideshow
Secondary carnival attraction
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- flameBurning gas made visible
torch · kerosene · fuel · stunt · busker · spectacle · danger · showmanship · act · entertainer
bellicose
Inclined toward aggression
- warmongerAdvocate for armed conflict
- hawkTaloned predatory bird
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
militant · jingoism · saber-rattling · extremist · radical · hardliner · Confederate · secessionist · provocateur · firebrand
- Antebellum Americaantebellum era, Compromise of 1850, sectionalism, states' rights, Fugitive Slave Act
- ConfederacyConfederate States, Jefferson Davis, Confederate flag, Confederate Congress, Confederate Army
- Secessionsecession, disunion, Confederate States, Confederacy, states' rights
- Confederate Sympathizerssecessionists, blockade runners, Copperheads
- Abolitionismabolitionists, abolitionist movement, anti-slavery, antislavery, abolitionism
fire-eatersdoves
Gentle cooing birds
peacemakers · moderates · conciliators · appeasers · pacifists
fire-eatersjugglers
Multi-object tossing artists
mimes · contortionists · acrobats · magicians · sword swallowers