mau-mauer

English

Etymology

From mau-mau +‎ -er.

Noun

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.