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agitator

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ag·i·ta·tor  (j-ttr)
n.
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]
n
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.agitator - one who agitates; a political troublemaker
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 [ˈædʒɪteɪtər] nagitateur/trice m/f (politique)
agitator
n
(= person)Agitator(in) m(f)
(= device)Rührwerk nt, → Rührapparat m
agitator [ˈædʒɪteɪtəʳ] n (Pol) (usu pej) → agitatore/trice


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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.
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.
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.
 
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