Agitator Meaning

/ˈædʒɪteɪtə/
C2

Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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nounOne who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.

nounAn implement for shaking or mixing.

The students were animated by the agitator's appeal.
The agitator is inclined to exaggerate trivial matters.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The political ____ was arrested for inciting violence at the rally.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old washing machine has a central ____ that moves the clothes through the water.

Etymology tree English agitate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English agitator From agitate + -or.

"In addition, they kept a watch on political agitators and foreigners arriving and departing at the port." — 1998, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar, Imperial Power and Popular Politics, page 208:
"I’m only aware of one anti-ICE raid incident in California over the summer in which a single agitator pointed a pistol at federal agents, and that person is apparently still at large." — 2025 September 23, Patrick G. Eddington, “On Trump’s Anti-Antifa Executive Order”, in Cato Institute:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The political ____ was arrested for inciting violence at the rally.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old washing machine has a central ____ that moves the clothes through the water.

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