agitator

• agitatour (obsolete)

From agitate + -or.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈædʒɪteɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈædʒɪteɪtɚ/

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agitator (plural agitators)

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

   Synonym: agitant

   Hyponym: agitatrix

   Near-synonyms: instigator; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker

   • 1998, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar, Imperial Power and Popular Politics, page 208:

     In addition, they kept a watch on political agitators and foreigners arriving and departing at the port.

   • 2025 September 23, Patrick G. Eddington, “On Trump’s Anti-Antifa Executive Order”, in Cato Institute‎^[2]:

     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.

2. An implement for shaking or mixing.
3. (historical) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Oliver Cromwell's time, to look after their interests.

   Synonym: adjutator

• silent agitator

From Latin agitatus (“putting in motion”).

agitator

1. agitator; one who agitates.

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

agitator c (singular definite agitatoren, plural indefinite agitatorer)

1. agitator

• “agitator” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Latin agitātor.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.ɣiˈtaː.tɔr/

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• Hyphenation: agi‧ta‧tor

agitator m (plural agitators, no diminutive)

1. an agitator, one who stirs up unrest, a demagogue

   Synonyms: demagoog, volksmenner

• agiteren

• Afrikaans: agitator
• → Indonesian: agitator

From Dutch agitator, from Latin agitātor.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aɡiˈtator/ [a.ɡiˈt̪a.t̪ɔr]
• Rhymes: -ator
• Syllabification: a‧gi‧ta‧tor

agitator (plural agitator-agitator)

1. agitator

   Synonyms: penghasut, provokator

• “agitator”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From agitō + -tor.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.ɡɪˈtaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.d͡ʒiˈtaː.tor]

agitātor m (genitive agitātōris); third declension

1. driver of animals; drover
2. charioteer

Third-declension noun.

• → Dutch: agitator
  • Afrikaans: agitator
  • → Indonesian: agitator
• → English: agitator
• → Finnish: agitaattori
• → French: agitateur
  • → Romanian: agitator
  • → Turkish: ajitatör
• → Italian: agitatore
• → Portuguese: agitador
• → Russian: агита́тор (agitátor)
• → Spanish: agitador

agitātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of agitō

• “agitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “agitator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Borrowed from German Agitator,^[1] from Latin agitātor. By surface analysis, agitować +‎ -ator. First attested in 1833.^[2][3]

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡiˈta.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: a‧gi‧ta‧tor

agitator m pers (female equivalent agitatorka)

1. (politics) agitator (one who tries to gather supporters for a political ideal)

   partyjny agitator ― a party agitator

   prymitywny agitator ― a primitive agitator

   unijny agitator ― a union agitator

   polityczny agitator ― a political agitator

   młody agitator ― a young agitator

   notatnik agitatora ― an agitator's notebook

   poradnik agitatora ― an agitator's handbook

   rola agitatora ― the role of a agitator

   narada agitatorów ― a conference of agitators

   grupa agitatorów ― a group of agitator

   agitator sekty ― an agitator of a sect/cult

agitator m inan

1. agitator (implement for shaking or mixing)

   Synonyms: mieszarka, mieszadło

• “agitator”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “agitator”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)

Borrowed from French agitateur. Equivalent to agita +‎ -tor.

agitator m (plural agitatori, feminine equivalent agitatoare)

1. stirrer

• IPA^(key): /aɡǐtaːtor/
• Hyphenation: a‧gi‧ta‧tor

agìtātor m anim (Cyrillic spelling агѝта̄тор)

1. agitator

agitator c

1. an agitator; one who agitates

• agitation
• agitatorisk
• agitera

• “agitator”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “agitator”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “agitator”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• agitator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)