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Agitator

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One who agitates, especially one who engages in political agitation.

n. An apparatus that shakes or stirs, as in a washing machine.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators.

n. An implement for shaking or mixing.

n. One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; called also adjutators.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others.

n. One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators.

n. An implement for shaking or mixing.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who or that which agitates. Specifically—

n. A machine for agitating and mixing; specifically, a machine for stirring pulverized ore in water.

n. A name given to certain officers appointed by the army of the English Commonwealth in 1647-9 to manage their concerns. There were two from each regiment.

n. [It has been supposed that in this sense the proper spelling of the word is adjutator, meaning not one who agitates, but one who assists. But Dr. J. A. H. Murray says: “Careful investigation satisfies me that Agitator was the actual title, and Adjutator originally only a bad spelling of soldiers familiar with Adjutants and the Adjutors of 1642.”]

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. one who agitates; a political troublemaker

Word Usage

"Funny how CNN gives the percentage on good news but on the bad you the 56% who think this community agitator is doing a poor job on economy, you dont mention it."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

troubler troublemaker trouble maker bad hat mischief-maker

Variant

adjutators

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

demagogue

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

demagogue propagandist orator organizer publicist