English-Thai Dictionary

agitator

N ผู้ ยุแหย่  phu-yu-yea

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AGITATOR

n.One who agitates; also, an insurgent; one who excites sedition or revolt. In antiquity, a charioteer, that is, a driver. In Cromwell's time, certain officers appointed by the army to manage their concerns, were called agitators.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AGITATOR

Ag "i *ta `tor, n. Etym: [L.]

 

1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators.

 

2. (Eng. Hist. )

 

Defn: One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators. Clarendon.

 

3. An implement for shaking or mixing.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

agitator

ag i ta tor |ˈajiˌtātər ˈæʤəˌteɪdər | ▶noun 1 a person who urges others to protest or rebel: an activist and agitator who fought for striking miners. 2 an apparatus for stirring liquid, as in a washing machine or a photographic developing tank. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (denoting a delegate of private soldiers in the Parliamentary Army during the English Civil War (1642 –49 )) from Latin, from agitare (see agitate ). Sense 1 dates from the mid 18th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

agitator

agi |ta ¦tor |ˈadʒɪteɪtə | ▶noun 1 a person who urges others to protest or rebel: a political agitator. 2 an apparatus for stirring liquid.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

agitator

agitator noun tell your band of agitators that my generals are heavily armed and most unsympathetic: troublemaker, rabble-rouser, agent provocateur, demagogue, incendiary; revolutionary, firebrand, rebel, insurgent, subversive; informal disturber.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

agitator

agitator noun a left-wing agitator: troublemaker, rabble-rouser, demagogue, soapbox orator, incendiary; revolutionary, firebrand, rebel, insurgent, revolutionist, subversive; instigator, inciter, provoker, fomenter, dissentient; French agent provocateur; informal stirrer.

 

Duden Dictionary

Agitator

Agi ta tor Substantiv, maskulin , der |Agit a tor |der Agitator; Genitiv: des Agitators, Plural: die Agitatoren ag …; englisch agitator < lateinisch agitator = Treiber (eines Tieres )a Person, die Agitation a betreibt b DDR Person, die Agitation b betreibt ein Agitator der Partei

 

Agitatorin

Agi ta to rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Agitat o rin |weibliche Form zu Agitator

 

agitatorisch

agi ta to risch Adjektiv |agitat o risch |a die Agitation betreffend agitatorische Mittel einsetzen | eine agitatorische Rede halten b den Agitator betreffend

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

agitator

ag i ta tor /ǽdʒɪtèɪtə r /名詞 C 1 (政治的な )活動家, 扇動者 .2 (洗濯機や現像機などの )攪拌 （かくはん ）器 .