- a performer who simulates the swallowing of fire
- a belligerent person
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fire-eat•er
(fīər′ē′tər),USA pronunciation n.
fire′-eat′ing, adj., n.
- an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
- an easily provoked, belligerent person.
- American History[U.S. Hist.]an early and extreme Southern advocate of secession before the Civil War.
- 1665–75
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fire-eater n