"agitator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈædʒɪteɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈædʒɪteɪtɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-agitator.wav [Southern-England] Forms: agitators [plural], agitatour [alternative, obsolete]
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  1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers. Translations (one who agitates): агіта́тар (ahitátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), агіта́тарка (ahitátarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), агита́тор (agitátor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), агита́торка (agitátorka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), agitator (Crimean Tatar), agitátor [masculine] (Czech), agitisto (Esperanto), kiihottaja (Finnish), agitaattori (Finnish), agitateur [masculine] (French), agitatrice [feminine] (French), Agitator [masculine] (German), Agitatorin [feminine] (German), סַכְסְכָן (saḥseḥan) (Hebrew), תּוֹעַמְלָן (toamlan) (Hebrew), आंदोलनकारी (āndolankārī) [masculine] (Hindi), आंदोलनकर्ता (āndolankartā) [masculine] (Hindi), 煽り屋 (aoriya) (alt: あおりや) (Japanese), 扇動者 (sendōsha) (alt: せんどうしゃ) (Japanese), 선동자 (seondongja) (alt: 煽動者) (Korean), turbātor [masculine] (Latin), агита́тор (agitátor) [masculine] (Macedonian), агита́торка (agitátorka) [feminine] (Macedonian), agitator [masculine] (Polish), agitatorka [feminine] (Polish), agitador [masculine] (Portuguese), agitator [masculine] (Romanian), агита́тор (agitátor) [masculine] (Russian), agitátor [masculine] (Slovak), agitator [masculine] (Slovene), agitatorka [feminine] (Slovene), agitador [masculine] (Spanish), agitadora [feminine] (Spanish), mchochezi (Swahili), agitator [common-gender] (Swedish), агіта́тор (ahitátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), агіта́торка (ahitátorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. An implement for shaking or mixing. Translations (implement for shaking or mixing): ме́шалка (mjéšalka) [feminine] (Belarusian), мяша́лка (mjašálka) [feminine] (Belarusian), бърка́чка (bărkáčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 攪拌機 /搅拌机 (jiǎobànjī) (Chinese Mandarin), míchadlo [neuter] (Czech), sekoitin (Finnish), agitateur [masculine] (French), 攪拌 (alt: かくはん, kakuhan, こうはん, kōhan) (Japanese), mieszadło [neuter] (Polish), agitator [neuter] (Romanian), меша́лка (mešálka) [feminine] (Russian), міша́лка (mišálka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  3. (historical) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Oliver Cromwell's time, to look after their interests. Tags: historical Synonyms: adjutator
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coagitator, silent agitator

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    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "ahitátorka",
      "sense": "one who agitates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "агіта́торка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "mjéšalka",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́шалка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "mjašálka",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мяша́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "bărkáčka",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бърка́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "jiǎobànjī",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "word": "攪拌機 /搅拌机"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "míchadlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "word": "sekoitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agitateur"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かくはん, kakuhan, こうはん, kōhan",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "word": "攪拌"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mieszadło"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "agitator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "mešálka",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "меша́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "mišálka",
      "sense": "implement for shaking or mixing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "міша́лка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "agitator"
}

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