Agitator
['ædʒɪteɪtə] or ['ædʒɪtetɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators.
(n.) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators.
(n.) An implement for shaking or mixing.
Editor: Nettie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Incendiary, firebrand.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors —to dislodge the worms.
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Examples
- But it is a little silly for an agitator to cry thief when the success of his agitation has led to the adoption of his ideas. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- John Wesley, being a reformer and an agitator, had a place both in her own and her husband's favour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Now the agitator and the statesman are both needed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- 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. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The materials are mixed together in a small closed wooden or leaden vessel, provided with an agitator, that can be worked by a handle fixed to a projecting axis at the top. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- A late convert: he is a statesman and not an agitator--his business was to meet demands when they had grown to national proportions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Agitators who accept government positions are a disappointment to their followers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This is the level of culture at which Sherman Anti-Trust acts are passed, brothels are raided, and labor agitators are thrown into jail. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They were also dealing summarily with German agitators in Italian uniform. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- That is why great agitators should not accept office. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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