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agitator
noun ag·i·ta·tor \ˈa-jə-ˌtā-tər\
: a person who tries to get people angry or upset so that they will support an effort to change a government, company, etc.
: a device for stirring or shaking something in a machine (such as a washing machine)
Full Definition of AGITATOR
: 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
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First Known Use of AGITATOR
1663
Related to AGITATOR
- Synonyms
- demagogue (also demagog), exciter, firebrand, fomenter, incendiary, inciter, instigator, kindler, provocateur, rabble-rouser
Rhymes with AGITATOR
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