provocateur
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noun \prō-ˌvä-kə-ˈtər\Definition of PROVOCATEUR
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: one who provokes <a political provocateur>
Examples of PROVOCATEUR
- <a calculating, right-wing provocateur, she has made a career out of controversy for its own sake>
First Known Use of PROVOCATEUR
1919
Related to PROVOCATEUR
- Synonyms
- demagogue (also demagog), exciter, firebrand, fomenter, incendiary, inciter, instigator, kindler, agitator, rabble-rouser
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