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/ˈædʒətˌeɪtər/ Listen

noun

Agitator n.

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

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

An implement for shaking or mixing.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... retired physician; but unfortunately he also was a respectable man. When he saw something going forwards that he did not think was right, he protested and voted against it and then—he collapsed! There was nothing of the low agitator about HIM. As for the Brigands, they laughed at his protests and ...

— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell

... and chaff for the police, who winced under it, poor fellows, and would have preferred something they could defend themselves from—bayonets, for instance—to the forked lightning that shot from the tongue and eyes of this female agitator. Whatever would be the opinion of critics about it, Mary McConigle voiced the sentiments of the people and was cheered by the men and kissed by the women. There were a good many speeches made at ...

— The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland • Margaret Dixon McDougall

... "Yes—satisfied until an agitator comes their way. If I was the Kettle Creek Mining Company, I'd keep that man out of my community. He's bound to stir ...

— Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall • Jean K. Baird

... felt that God would hold the community responsible for Gorton and visit calamities upon them unless he were silenced. [20] The arbitration was refused, Gorton's blockhouse was besieged and captured, and the agitator was carried with nine of his followers to Boston, where they were speedily convicted of heresy and sedition. Before passing judgment the General Court as usual consulted with the clergy who recommended a sentence of death. Their advice was adopted ...

— The Beginnings of New England - Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty • John Fiske

... lack of thrift, the intemperance, and the depravity of a half-starved child of six that made it work twelve hours every night in a Southern cotton mill, these sisters of Judy O'Grady attacked my private life and called me an "agitator"—as though that, forsooth, ...

— Revolution and Other Essays • Jack London

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