agitator

ag·i·ta·tor (

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

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

agitator [ˈædʒɪˌteɪtə]

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who agitates for or against a cause, etc.

2. (Engineering / General Engineering) a device, machine, or part used for mixing, shaking, or vibrating a material, usually a fluid

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Noun

agitator - one who agitates; a political troublemaker

fomenter

bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler - someone who deliberately stirs up trouble

agitator

noun troublemaker, revolutionary, inciter, firebrand, instigator, demagogue, rabble-rouser, agent provocateur, stirrer (informal) a famous actress who was accused of being a political agitator

Translations

agitator [ˈædʒɪteɪtəʳ] N

1. (Pol) → agitador(a) m/f

2. (Chem) → agitador m

agitator [ˈædʒɪteɪtə^r] n → agitateur/trice m/f (politique)

agitator

(= person) → Agitator(in) m(f)

(= device) → Rührwerk nt, → Rührapparat m

agitator [ˈædʒɪteɪtəʳ] n (Pol) (usu pej) → agitatore/trice

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-ator Adjutator agitate Babeuf bad hat canvass demagogue demonstrator dissident firebrand Fomenter Gordon incendiarism incendiary instigator malcontent mischief-maker nihilist poisonously	With his talent for speaking and drawing up documents, there are few men who could come up to him as an agitator--an agitator, you know. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context This George Milford was an obscure agitator about whom nothing is known, save the one additional bit of information gained from the Manuscript, which mentions that he was shot in the Chicago Commune. The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context Now that the Beef Trust had adopted the trick of raising prices to induce enormous shipments of cattle, and then dropping them again and scooping in all they needed, a stock raiser was very apt to find himself in Chicago without money enough to pay his freight bill; and so he had to go to a cheap hotel, and it was no drawback to him if there was an agitator talking in the lobby. The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context	Agible agile agilely Agileness agility agin Agincourt aging agio agiotage agism agist Agistator Agister Agistment agita Agitable agitate agitated agitated depression Agitatedly agitating agitation Agitative agitato agitator agitpop agitprop agitpropist Agkistrodon Agkistrodon contortrix Agkistrodon piscivorus Aglaia Aglaomorpha Aglaomorpha meyeniana Aglaonema Aglaonema modestum agleam aglet agley aglimmer aglitter Aglossal aglossia aglow aglu Aglutition aglycone AGM agma agmatology	agitatio agitation agitation agitation agitation agitation Agitation (emotion) Agitation (emotion) Agitation (emotion) Agitation (political) Agitation (political) Agitation (political) agitation level agitational agitational agitational agitational Agitational propaganda Agitational propaganda agitations agitations agitations agitations agitative agitative agitative Agitative propaganda Agitative propaganda agitato agitato agitator Agitator (Levellers) agitator body Agitators Agitators Agitators AGITG Agito agitographia agitophasia AGITP Agitplakat Agitpop agitprop agitprop agitpropist Agitpunkt AGIU AGIV AGIVI AGIX AGIXL AGIXLT AGIY AGJ AGJA Agjencia e Akreditimit

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-ator
Adjutator
agitate
Babeuf
bad hat
canvass
demagogue
demonstrator
dissident
firebrand
Fomenter
Gordon
incendiarism
incendiary
instigator
malcontent
mischief-maker
nihilist
poisonously

With his talent for speaking and drawing up documents, there are few men who could come up to him as an agitator--an agitator, you know.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

This George Milford was an obscure agitator about whom nothing is known, save the one additional bit of information gained from the Manuscript, which mentions that he was shot in the Chicago Commune.

The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context

Now that the Beef Trust had adopted the trick of raising prices to induce enormous shipments of cattle, and then dropping them again and scooping in all they needed, a stock raiser was very apt to find himself in Chicago without money enough to pay his freight bill; and so he had to go to a cheap hotel, and it was no drawback to him if there was an agitator talking in the lobby.

The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context

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