- One who agitates, especially one who engages in political agitation.
- An apparatus that shakes or stirs, as in a washing machine.
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1. A mechanical device used to mix a liquid contained in a vessel.
2. A device for maintaining plasticity and preventing segregation of mixed concrete by agitation.
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A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors -- to dislodge the worms.
Agitator is a term for a person that actively supports some ideology or movement with speeches and especially actions.
In the English-speaking world, the term first referred to men who were elected to present complaints of army soldiers, including the New Model Army of Oliver Cromwell, during the English Civil War. They were also known as adjutators.
The practice begun in 1647 when the Long Parliament wanted to either disband the armies or send them to Ireland. Soldiers did not appreciate that and eight of the cavalry regiments elected representatives they called commissioners, who presented the soldiers' complaints, including the fact that their payments were eight weeks late. In April 3 1647 their letter was read in the House of Commons.
Other units followed suit and foot soldiers elected agitators who presented the declaration of the army. Officers supported them and co-signed their declaration. Cromwell and others promised payment.
Before the generals could return to London, parliament again decided to disband the army and settled June 1 as the date that would happen. Agitators resisted, soldiers of one regiment mutinied and refused to disband. In a conference on Thriplow Heath agitators demanded that the troops would march to London and "purge" the House of Commons.
Later Levellers adopted many of the Agitator's ideas.
The term was first used in negative sense about those who supported Irish Home rule and eventual independence, especially Daniel O'Connell.[citation needed]
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - agitator, propagandist
Nederlands (Dutch)
voorvechter, schudder
Français (French)
n. - agitateur, fauteur (de troubles), trublion
Deutsch (German)
n. - Agitator, Rührwerk
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ταραξίας, ταραχοποιός, δημεγέρτης, υποκινητής, (φυσ.) αναδευτήρας
Italiano (Italian)
provocatore, agitatore
Português (Portuguese)
n. - agitador (m), misturador (m) mecânico (Téc.)
Русский (Russian)
агитатор, подстрекатель
Español (Spanish)
n. - agitador, alborotador, perturbador, revoltoso, insurrecto
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - agitator
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
煽动者
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 煽動者
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 선동자, 정치운동자, 교란자
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مهيج : داعيه يهدف إثار الفكر العام لقضيه ما, ألخضاضه : آله ألخض
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תעמלן, מכשיר לניעור או לערבוב נוזל
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