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pro⋅vo⋅ca⋅teur

  [pruh-vok-uh-tur, -toor; Fr. praw-vaw-ka-tœr]
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–noun, plural -teurs  [-turz, -toorz; Fr. -tœr] .
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   (prō-vŏk'ə-tûr')   
n.  An agent provocateur.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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