agitator

See also: Agitator and agitátor

English

Alternative forms

Noun

agitator (plural agitators)

  1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.
    Synonym: agitant
    Hyponym: agitatrix
    • 1998, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar, Imperial Power and Popular Politics, page 208:
      In addition, they kept a watch on political agitators and foreigners arriving and departing at the port.
  2. An implement for shaking or mixing.
  3. (historical) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Oliver Cromwell's time, to look after their interests.
    Synonym: adjutator

Derived terms

Translations

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin agitatus (putting in motion).

Noun

agitator

  1. agitator; one who agitates.

Declension

References

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

Danish

Noun

agitator c (singular definite agitatoren, plural indefinite agitatorer)

  1. agitator

Declension

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitātor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.ɣiˈtaː.tɔr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: agi‧ta‧tor

Noun

agitator m (plural agitators)

  1. An agitator, one who stirs up unrest, a demagogue.
    Synonyms: demagoog, volksmenner

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: agitator
  • Indonesian: agitator

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch agitator, from Latin agitātor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aɡiˈt̪at̪ɔr]
  • Hyphenation: agi‧ta‧tor

Noun

agitator (first-person possessive agitatorku, second-person possessive agitatormu, third-person possessive agitatornya)

  1. agitator.
    Synonyms: penghasut, provokator

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From agitō + -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

agitātor m (genitive agitātōris); third declension

  1. driver of animals; drover
  2. charioteer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative agitātor agitātōrēs
Genitive agitātōris agitātōrum
Dative agitātōrī agitātōribus
Accusative agitātōrem agitātōrēs
Ablative agitātōre agitātōribus
Vocative agitātor agitātōrēs

Descendants

Verb

agitātor

  1. second/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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Agitator,[1] from Latin agitātor. By surface analysis, agitować + -ator. First attested in 1833.[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɡiˈta.tɔr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: a‧gi‧ta‧tor

Noun

agitator m pers (female equivalent agitatorka)

  1. (politics) agitator (one who tries to gather supporters for a political ideal)
    partyjny agitatora party agitator
    prymitywny agitatora primitive agitator
    unijny agitatora union agitator
    polityczny agitatora political agitator
    młody agitatora young agitator
    notatnik agitatoraan agitator's notebook
    poradnik agitatoraan agitator's handbook
    rola agitatorathe role of a agitator
    narada agitatorówa conference of agitators
    grupa agitatorówa group of agitator
    agitator sektyan agitator of a sect/cult

Declension

Noun

agitator m inan

  1. agitator (implement for shaking or mixing)
    Synonyms: mieszarka, mieszadło

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
noun
adjective
adverb
nouns
verbs

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “agitator”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Gazeta Wielkiego Xięstwa Poznańskiego, number 53, 1833, page 285
  3. agitator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

  • agitator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • agitator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French agitateur. Equivalent to agita + -tor.

Noun

agitator m (plural agitatori)

  1. stirrer

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

agìtātor m (Cyrillic spelling агѝта̄тор)

  1. agitator

Declension

Swedish

Noun

agitator c

  1. an agitator; one who agitates

Declension

Declension of agitator 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative agitator agitatorn agitatorer agitatorerna
Genitive agitators agitatorns agitatorers agitatorernas

References

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