Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who disturbs or disquiets; a violator of peace or harmony; one who causes tumult or disorder.
- n. One who or that which excites disgust, agitation, or tumult; that which causes perturbation.
- n. In law, one who hinders or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his rights.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler.
- n. (Law) One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
Examples
“A host of players - Mike Knuble, Brooks Laich, Matt Hendricks, Eric Fehr and Jason Chimera - have auditioned for the role of prime disturber in front of the crease.”
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“He is a trouble-maker, a disturber of the public peace, a shallow-pated demagogue —”
““NOW FATHERS,” he had complained to the French, “it is you that is the disturber in this land, by coming & building your towns.””
“Anyone who has lived in the vicinity of a disturber-of-the-peace knows that they are capable of making life unpleasant, or worse, without necessarily crossing the line into criminality.”
“This can be a wondrous help if your life is being disturbed by others, but what if you are the disturbed disturber?”
“This is a s – t disturber question!!! and you seem to favor”
“He was bored and restless—never the best combination for an inveterate leg puller and peace disturber like Twain.”
“Then, too, I cannot keep from thinking of the experience of other dramatists, for the drama has always been a disturber.”
“It was just a symbolic indulgence of my shit-disturber side.”
“In fact, after the campaign potholes of the Palin controversies, the age insults and the injection of consultants that the long-time maverick senator wore on the stump about as uncomfortably as a bad 50s Soviet suit, we've forgotten how much we used to like this guy and what a status quo-disturber he was.”
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