Agitator

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agitator \Ag"i*ta`tor\, n. [L.]
     1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as,
        political reformers and agitators.
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     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.
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     3. An implement for shaking or mixing.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  agitator
       n : one who agitates; a political troublemaker [syn: {fomenter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "agitator":
     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
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  AGITATOR, n.  A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors
  -- to dislodge the worms.