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noun
1.
a person who stirs up others in order to upset the status quo and further a political, social, or other cause: The boss said he would fire any union agitators.
2.
a machine or device for agitating and mixing.
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Word Origin & History
agitator
1640s, from agitation (q.v.); originally "elected representative of the common soldiers in Cromwell's army," who brought grievances (chiefly over lack of pay) to their officers and Parliament. Political sense is first recorded 1734, and negative overtones began with its
EXPANDassociation with Irish patriots such as Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847). Historically, in Amer.Eng., often with outside and referring to people who stir up a supposedly contented class or race.
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