Provoker

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who provokes.

    "Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) provocateur, provocant, provocator; (other) troublemaker, agitator, inciter, gadfly, button pusher, goader, iconoclast, shit-stirrer, shit disturber, shitmonger"

  2. 2
    someone who deliberately foments trouble wordnet

Synonyms

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inciter;agent provocateuragitatoragitpropbutton pusher

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"Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) provocateur, provocant, provocator; (other) troublemaker, agitator, inciter, gadfly, button pusher, goader, iconoclast, shit-stirrer, shit disturber, shitmonger"

Etymology

From Middle English provoker, equivalent to provoke + -er.

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