AGITATOR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of agitator in English

Examples of agitator

agitator
Drawing on the empowering imagery of motherhood, a few women attained prominence as agitators and publicists and many more participated in public demonstrations.
No rotating devices or moving agitators were considered.
This combination rendered them the prey of unscrupulous agitators or scheming (but, now, other) politicians.
A general lack of sources and the very vagueness of the ideas of these agitators make the reconstruction of any unified theory an artificial task.
The owners of the mill claimed that outside agitators were stirring up problems at work.
Their opponents must reach beyond enclave boundaries for assistance from central state officials, politicians, and "outside agitators" to weaken the regime.
A common laboratory equipment agitator-heater was replaced by a gas stove and manual agitation with the aid of a wooden spoon.
It was a realm outside the control of the state, a place where agitators could withdraw into sheltering obscurity.
Her choice of description for the agitator is revealing.
Coupled with the fact that governors could call out the state militia at will, elites now possessed a formidable arsenal in their battle with would-be agitators.
Middleclass agitators in turn tend to activate the youth and the educated unemployed, as well as the socially well-to-do and politically marginalized groups.
Are they not misguided men, agitators or persons of similar ilk?
Miller surveys the fluctuating fortunes of individual agitators and groupings, yet it is hard to gauge what significance should be attached to antimilitarism more generally.
What a happy hunting ground for the agitator anxious to justify his position!
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I have been, and still am, a labour agitator.
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Translations of agitator

in Chinese (Traditional)
(抗議或政治波動中的)煽動者,策動者…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(抗议或政治波动中的)煽动者,策动者…
in Spanish
agitador, agitadora…
in Portuguese
agitador, agitadora…
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agitateur/-trice…
kışkırtıcı, tahrikçi…
agitator…
agitátor…
agitator, urostifter…
penghasut…
ผู้ปลุกระดม…
người khích động quần chúng…
agitator…
agitator, uppviglare…
penggegar…
der Agitator / die Agitatorin, Propagandist…
agitator, oppvigler…
агітатор…
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