Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.

    Near-synonyms: instigator; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker

    Agitator, Agitatorin

    агита́торagitátor

    агіта́торahitátor, агіта́торкаahitátorka

    one who agitates; a political troublemaker

  2. An implement for shaking or mixing.

    меша́лкаmešálka

    міша́лкаmišálka

  3. (historical)One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Oliver Cromwell's time, to look after their interests.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The students were animated by the agitator's appeal.

    Студенти були пожвавлені закликами агітатора.

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  2. The agitator is inclined to exaggerate trivial matters.

    deDer Agitator neigt dazu, belanglose Sachverhalte zu übertreiben.

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  3. Tom needs to call someone to repair the agitator on the washing machine.

    deTom muss jemanden kommen lassen, der das Drehwerk der Waschmaschine repariert.

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  4. Tom needs to call someone to repair the agitator in the washing machine.

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  5. The agitators instigated the rebellion.

    ruАгитаторы спровоцировали бунт.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
one who agitates:
implement for shaking or mixing:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who agitates:
implement for shaking or mixing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who agitates:

Forms

plural: agitators
Singularagitator
Pluralagitators

regular

Synonyms

83 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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