provocateur
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əˈtɜr, -ˈtʊər;
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provocateur (prəˌvɒkəˈtɜː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| a person who deliberately behaves controversially in order to provoke argument or other strong reactions | |
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Provocateur
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
If anyone approaches you and says that he comes from the underground, he is a provocateur.
It will be useful to give an example of arrangements for a meeting having the purpose of severing relations with a provocateur.
What the police need to learn is that as soon as they react to such provocation, the provocateur has won.
He is tough and charming, a persuader who knows how to listen, a provocateur who miraculously avoids making too many enemies.
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