Definition of "fire-eater" in English

noun

1. A performer who pretends to swallow fire.

2. (figuratively) A quarrelsome or belligerent person.

   • "But he is a regular fire eater!" "He's a bad man—a blamed bad man!" fluttered Danny Griswold. "That's right," nodded Lewis Little. "He really wants to fight with swords, I believe."

3. (US, historical) An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.