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Agitator definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AG'ITATOR, n. One who agitates; also, an insurgent; one who excites sedition or revolt. In antiquity, a charioteer, that is, a driver. In Cromwell's time, certain officers appointed by the army to manage their concerns, were called agitators.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: one who agitates; a political troublemaker [syn: agitator, fomenter]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1734 one that agitates: as a. one who stirs up public feeling on controversial issues <political agitators> b. a device or an apparatus for stirring or shaking

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person who agitates, esp. publicly for a cause etc. 2 an apparatus for shaking or mixing liquid etc. Etymology: L (as AGITATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Agitator Ag"i*ta`tor, n. [L.] 1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators. 2. (Eng. Hist.) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators. --Clarendon. 3. An implement for shaking or mixing.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(agitators) If you describe someone involved in politics as an agitator, you disapprove of them because of the trouble they cause in organizing campaigns and protests. ...a famous actress who was accused of being a political agitator. N-COUNT: oft supp N [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Urgent advocate, active reformer, exciter of active discussion. 2. Incendiary, firebrand, stirrer up of strife.

Moby Thesaurus

activist, agent provocateur, agitprop, beater, blender, brawler, catalyst, cement mixer, churn, crucible, demagogue, eggbeater, emulsifier, exciter, extremist, firebrand, fomenter, frondeur, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, instigator, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, insurrecto, jiggler, malcontent, maverick, melting pot, mischief-maker, mixer, mover, mutineer, nonconformist, paddle, provocateur, provoker, rabble-rouser, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, ringleader, rioter, rouser, seditionary, seditionist, shaker, subversive, traitor, troublemaker, urger, vibrator, whisk