Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who agitates, especially one who engages in political agitation.
- n. An apparatus that shakes or stirs, as in a washing machine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which agitates. Specifically— One who engages in some kind of political agitation; one who stirs up or excites others, with the view of strengthening his own cause or party.
- n. A machine for agitating and mixing; specifically, a machine for stirring pulverized ore in water.
- n. A name given to certain officers appointed by the army of the English Commonwealth in 1647-9 to manage their concerns. There were two from each regiment.
- n. [It has been supposed that in this sense the proper spelling of the word is adjutator, meaning not one who agitates, but one who assists. But Dr. J. A. H. Murray says: “Careful investigation satisfies me that Agitator was the actual title, and Adjutator originally only a bad spelling of soldiers familiar with Adjutants and the Adjutors of 1642.”]
Wiktionary
- n. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators.
- n. An implement for shaking or mixing.
- n. One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; called also adjutators.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others.
- n. (Eng. Hist.) 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. one who agitates; a political troublemaker
Examples
“Funny how CNN gives the percentage on good news but on the bad you the 56% who think this community agitator is doing a poor job on economy, you dont mention it.”
“A Chicago Ward healer/racial street agitator is not fit for President, and especially not a MARXIST like NObama.”
Obama Steps Up His Criticism of McCain - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“They say I'm a short-term agitator, but the most money I've made are those investments that I held six, seven, eight years," said Mr. Icahn, citing various energy, railcar and casino investments.”
“Martin Karsums — Little agitator is fesity and aggressive, creates tons of chances, and he just keeps scoring goals.”
“There are so many people who think that an agitator is necessarily an unwashed, unshaven man, in tatters, with a pamphlet in one hand and a bomb in the other who offers no other alternative except to choose between them.”
“Dr. Malan has hedged it in with four conditions: that the Paddison Deputation should be the only party to give evidence before this Committee on behalf of the Government of India; that there should be no other deputation, no "agitator" - this is Dr. Malan ` s own expression - sent from India to supplement that evidence; that the”
87. INTERVIEW WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN DEPUTATION, FEBRUARY 14, 1926
“When I mentioned that I couldn't quite see that it was the 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, settled the argument.”
“Frequently called an agitator and, in a different age, an activist, Ozzie was as prickly to his enemies—usually the Justice Department, four Republican administrations, the Department of Defense, and the Department of the Army—as he was loving to his friends, which included a generation of progressive journalists and activists.”
“The iron boiler contains an agitator, which is occasionally operated during the melting.”
“Best-known as an agitator, Carcillo played his first game as a Blackhawk after signing as a free agent over the summer, and then sitting out Chicago's first two regular-season contests on a suspension.”
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words for those who commit particular crimes: i.e., bank robber, arsonist, etc.
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Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Persona non grata people
People who have upset governments.
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Don't tell them they are not real--they might cry.
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quite a handful.
this girl has fire.
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