sooler

English

Etymology

From sool +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːlə(ɹ)

Noun

sooler (plural soolers)

1. (Australia) Agitator, inciter; hawk (sense 2), warmonger
   • 1921 February 6, The Sunday Mirror‎^[1], Perth, WA:

     According to the doctors (except one) giving evidence in the Mable inquiry, every person who possesses rooted prejudices, whether founded on basic facts or not, is a paranoic. On this medical ruling 'The Mirror' herewith submits a list of paranoics: […] Every sooler who convinced himself the war was for democracy […]

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia‎^[2], page 120:

     Then a war-monger, or Sooler, as such people were called in the locality, made his voice heard in the land.

   • 2015, Peter Cochrane, Book review: Before Rupert - Keith Murdoch and the Birth of a Dynasty, theconversation.com, November 12, 2015, [3]

     The Monash vignette is but a small part of Roberts’ rich account of Murdoch’s role in the war as chief propagandist for Prime Minister Billy Hughes, chief “sooler-on” in the recruitment and conscription campaigns, chief race patriot and otherwise tireless climber.

Anagrams

• looser, roleos