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ochlagogues

ochlagogues is the plural of ochlagogue.

Meaning of ochlagogue

Noun

ochlagogue (plural ochlagogues)

  1. (rare) A manipulator of a mob who holds sway by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; an extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogue; one who practises ochlagogy.
    • Ochlagogue! What a name for an Irish horse! EVOK.1931, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman, Punch, Punch Publications Ltd, page 310

Questions about ochlagogues

What is ochlagogues the plural of?
Ochlagogues is the plural of ochlagogue.

Words near ochlagogues in the dictionary

  1. Ochiltree
  2. Ochiltree County
  3. ochimy
  4. ochl-
  5. ochlagogue
  6. ochlagogues
  7. ochlagogy
  8. ochlarchy
  9. ochleses
  10. ochlesid
  11. ochlesids

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