- agitator
- One who stirs up discontent with prevailing social, economic, or political conditions. See labor agitator; seditious agitator.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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Agitator — Ag i*ta tor, n. [L.] 1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators. [1913 Webster] 2. (Eng. Hist.) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell s time, to look after their interests;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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agitator — index catalyst, demagogue, hoodlum, insurgent, malcontent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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agitator — is spelt or, not er … Modern English usage
agitator — [n] person who disturbs, causes trouble adjy, advocate, agent, anarchist, champion, demagogue, disrupter, dissident, dogmatist, fighter, firebrand*, fomenter, heretic, incendiary, inciter, instigator, leftist, malcontent, mover, partisan,… … New thesaurus
