Hypertext Webster Gateway: "agitator"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Agitator \Ag"i*ta`tor\, n. [L.]
1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as,
political reformers and agitators.
2. (Eng. Hist.) One of a body of men appointed by the army,
in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; --
called also {adjutators}. --Clarendon.
3. An implement for shaking or mixing.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
agitator
n : one who agitates; a political troublemaker [syn: {fomenter}]
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