mau-mauer

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English

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Etymology

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From mau-mau +‎ -er.

Noun

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mau-mauer (plural mau-mauers)

  1. One who agitates for change; rabble rouser.
    • 1974, Chicago Journalism Review - Volume 7, page 40:
      The successful mau-mauer knows that differences in treatment on the job based on sex are illegal. The sophisticated mau-mouer must organize women to seek representation in both management and union decision-making.
    • 1984, Michael Bernick, The Dreams of Jobs:
      There was another mau-mauer named Chaser. Chaser was the central character in Wolfe's essay, the supreme mau-mauer, the sweetest talking, smoothest flowing operator.
    • 2013, Katherine Giuffre, Communities and Networks:
      Mau-mauers know that the lack of density between groups means that there is an opportunity to use duplicity to their own advantage.