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agitator
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun agitator has 1 sense
- agitator(n = noun.person) fomenter - one who agitates; a political troublemaker; Array is a kind of bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler
Derived form verb agitate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
agitator, n. [L.].
- One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators. [1913 Webster]
- One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also
adjutators . Clarendon. [1913 Webster] - An implement for shaking or mixing. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
agitator, n.
1 a person who agitates, esp. publicly for a cause etc.
2 an apparatus for shaking or mixing liquid etc.
1 a person who agitates, esp. publicly for a cause etc.
2 an apparatus for shaking or mixing liquid etc.
Etymology
L (as AGITATE)
DEVIL DICTIONARY
agitator
n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors -- to dislodge the worms.THESAURUS
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, whiskROGET THESAURUS
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Director
N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.
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