Usually means: Provocative leader sparking change, controversy.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. firebrand: Merriam-Webster
  2. firebrand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. firebrand: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. firebrand: Collins English Dictionary
  5. firebrand: Vocabulary.com
  6. Firebrand, firebrand: Wordnik
  7. firebrand: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. firebrand: Wiktionary
  9. firebrand: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. firebrand: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. firebrand: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Firebrand, firebrand: Dictionary.com
  13. Firebrand (DC Comics), Firebrand (Green Rider series), Firebrand (Marvel Comics), Firebrand (film), Firebrand, The Firebrand (film), The Firebrand: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Firebrand: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. firebrand: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. firebrand: Rhymezone
  17. Firebrand: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. firebrand: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. firebrand: FreeDictionary.org
  20. firebrand: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. firebrand: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. firebrand: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Firebrand: Easton Bible

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Firebrand: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See firebranding as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.
noun:  A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.

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