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pro·vo·ca·teur

Audio Help [pruh-vok-uh-tur, -toor; Fr. praw-vaw-ka-tɶr] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -teurs

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1.	a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.

2.	(italics) French. agent provocateur.

[Origin: 1915–20; < F < L prōvocātor challenger, appellant, equiv. to provocā(re) to provoke + -tor -tor

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pro·vo·ca·teur Audio Help (prō-vŏk'ə-tûr') Pronunciation Key
n. An agent provocateur.

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provocateur

1922, shortened form of agent provocateur "person hired to make trouble" (1877), from Fr. provocateur, from L. provocator "challenger," from provocare (see provoke). Originally in ref. to strike-breakers.

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