Provocator

noun

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Noun

1
One who engages in provocation.

Synonyms

provocant provocateur provoker

Etymology

Partly borrowed from Middle French provocateur and its etymon Latin prōvocātor, and partly from provocate + -or. Doublet of provocateur.

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