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An incendiary; one who incites to rebellion; like a blazing brand which sets on fire all it touches.
“Our fire-brand brother, Paris, burns us all.”
Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, ii. 2.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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