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- noun Plural form of
perturbator .
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Examples
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Their oppressions, and seductions, and debaucheries, are the theme of many an angry verse; and the indignation and abhorrence of the reader is relentlessly conjured up against those perturbators of society, and scourges of mankind.
Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899
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They were one and all "evil companions;" they were wicked Papists; they were perturbators of the peace of our Sovereign Lady the Queen; hanging was a luxury beyond their deserts.
Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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She devoted literally her entire existence to it, living in the confidence and intimacy of the Vendômes and other noble perturbators of the hour.
Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2) Sutherland Menzies 1861
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"That such perturbators of the general quiet are to be executed, to wit: the men with the sword and the women to be buried alive, if they do not persist in their errors; if they do persist in them, then they are to be executed with fire; all their property in both cases being confiscated to the crown."
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 05: 1559-60 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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"That such perturbators of the general quiet are to be executed, to wit: the men with the sword and the women to be buried alive, if they do not persist in their errors; if they do persist in them, then they are to be executed with fire; all their property in both cases being confiscated to the crown."
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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"That such perturbators of the general quiet are to be executed, to wit: the men with the sword and the women to be buried alive, if they do not persist in their errors; if they do persist in them, then they are to be executed with fire; all their property in both cases being confiscated to the crown."
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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"That such perturbators of the general quiet are to be executed, to wit: the men with the sword and the women to be buried alive, if they do not persist in their errors; if they do persist in them, then they are to be executed with fire; all their property in both cases being confiscated to the crown."
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The troubles excited in La Vendée and Calvados by a few royal volunteers had been appeased, and the perturbators disarmed.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I Pierre Alexandre ��douard Fleury de Chaboulon 1807
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They are duly chosen and elected in our town hall, good men and true every one; we will not be called rioters, or idle perturbators of the king's peace.
The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801
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They are duly chosen and elected in our town hall, good men and true every one; we will not be called rioters, or idle perturbators of the king’s peace.
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