agitator

Alternative forms

• agitatour (obsolete)

Noun

agitator (plural agitators)

1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.
2. An implement for shaking or mixing.
3. (historical) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; called also adjutators.

Etymology

Latin agitatus - putting in motion.

Noun

agitator

1. agitator; one who agitates.

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Noun

agitator c (singular definite agitatoren, plural indefinite agitatorer)

1. agitator

Further reading

• “agitator” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.ɡiˈtaː.tor/, [a.ɡɪˈtaː.tɔr]

Noun

agitātor m (genitive agitātōris); third declension

1. driver of animals; drover
2. charioteer

Verb

agitātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of agitō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of agitō

References

• agitator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• agitator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡǐtaːtor/
• Hyphenation: a‧gi‧ta‧tor

Noun

agìtātor m (Cyrillic spelling агѝта̄тор)

1. agitator

Noun

agitator c

1. an agitator; one who agitates

References

• agitator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)