Meanings of old firebrand in английском

The idea of my elderly father marrying this twenty-year- old firebrand was beyond comical.

Pacing the Germans wasn't half bad compared with an interview with that old firebrand.

Softly, old firebrand; 'twas you who said the public matter must take precedence of the private.

Chaffetz, a 47-year- old firebrand who became chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee in January, wants that to change.

Such men as Edmund Ruffin-yes-theimpulsive old firebrand has already volunteered as a private and gone to South Carolina.

The 34-year- old firebrand politician accuses President Marc Ravalomanana, 59, of turning Madagascar into a dictatorship.

Analysts say the 34-year- old firebrand politician has galvanised popular frustration, and Ravalomanana is facing a serious threat to his grip on power.

"Oh, Harold, you have not been influenced by that old firebrand?"

"Certainly, sire; but I tell you, beforehand, our jest may render the old firebrand very grave, and we may happen to get a scolding."