agitator

See also: Agitator and agitátor

English

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agitator

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Alternative forms

• agitatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From agitate +‎ -or.

Noun

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agitator (person)

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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.

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

Derived terms

• silent agitator

Translations

one who agitates

Belarusian: агіта́тар m (ahitátar), агіта́тарка f (ahitátarka) Bulgarian: агита́тор (bg) m (agitátor), агита́торка f (agitátorka) Crimean Tatar: agitator Czech: agitátor (cs) m Esperanto: agitisto Finnish: kiihottaja (fi), agitaattori (fi) French: agitateur (fr) m, agitatrice (fr) f German: Agitator (de) m, Agitatorin (de) f Hebrew: סַכְסְכָן (saḥseḥan), תּוֹעַמְלָן (toamlan) Japanese: 煽り屋 (あおりや, aoriya), 扇動者 (せんどうしゃ, sendōsha) Korean: 선동자(煽動者) (seondongja) Latin: turbātor m Macedonian: агита́тор m (agitátor), агита́торка f (agitátorka) Polish: agitator (pl) m, agitatorka (pl) f Portuguese: agitador m Romanian: agitator (ro) m Russian: агита́тор (ru) m (agitátor) Slovak: agitátor m Slovene: agitator m, agitatorka f Spanish: agitador (es) m, agitadora (es) f Swahili: mchochezi (sw) Swedish: agitator (sv) c Ukrainian: агіта́тор (uk) m (ahitátor), агіта́торка (uk) f (ahitátorka)

implement for shaking or mixing

Belarusian: ме́шалка (be) f (mjéšalka), мяша́лка f (mjašálka) Bulgarian: бърка́чка f (bǎrkáčka) Chinese: Mandarin: 攪拌機 / 搅拌机 (zh) (jiǎobànjī) Czech: míchadlo n Finnish: sekoitin French: agitateur (fr) m Japanese: 攪拌 (ja) (かくはん, kakuhan, こうはん, kōhan) Polish: mieszadło (pl) n Romanian: agitator (ro) n Russian: меша́лка (ru) f (mešálka) Ukrainian: міша́лка f (mišálka)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin agitatus (“putting in motion”).

Noun

agitator

1. agitator; one who agitates.

Declension

Declension of agitator

nominative	agitator
genitive	agitatornıñ
dative	agitatorğa
accusative	agitatornı
locative	agitatorda
ablative	agitatordan

References

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

Danish

Noun

agitator c (singular definite agitatoren, plural indefinite agitatorer)

1. agitator

Declension

Declension of agitator

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agitator	agitatoren	agitatorer	agitatorerne
genitive	agitators	agitatorens	agitatorers	agitatorernes

Further reading

• “agitator” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.ɣiˈtaː.tɔr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: agi‧ta‧tor

Noun

agitator m (plural agitators)

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

   Synonyms: demagoog, volksmenner

Related terms

• agiteren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: agitator
• → Indonesian: agitator

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch agitator, from Latin agitātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aɡiˈt̪at̪ɔr]
• Hyphenation: agi‧ta‧tor

Noun

agitator (plural agitator-agitator)

1. agitator

   Synonyms: penghasut, provokator

Related terms

• agitasi
• agitatif

Further reading

• “agitator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From agitō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

agitātor m (genitive agitātōris); third declension

1. driver of animals; drover
2. charioteer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	agitātor	agitātōrēs
genitive	agitātōris	agitātōrum
dative	agitātōrī	agitātōribus
accusative	agitātōrem	agitātōrēs
ablative	agitātōre	agitātōribus
vocative	agitātor	agitātōrēs

Descendants

• → 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

Verb

agitātor

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

References

• “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