English

Noun

sooler ‎(plural soolers)

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

     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, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 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,

     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.