Hypertext Webster Gateway: "instigator"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Instigator \In"sti*ga`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. instigateur.]
One who instigates or incites. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
instigator
n 1: someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the
instigator of their quarrel" [syn: {provoker}, {inciter},
{instigant}, {firebrand}]
2: a person who initiates a course of action [syn: {initiator}]
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