agitator

See also: Agitator and agitátor

Contents

English

Alternative forms

• agitatour (obsolete)

Noun

agitator (plural agitators)

1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.
2. An implement for shaking or mixing.
3. (historical) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; called also adjutators.

Antonyms

• agitatee (one who is agitated)

Translations

one who agitates

• Bulgarian: агитатор (bg) (agitator)
• Crimean Tatar: agitator
• Czech: agitátor m
• Esperanto: agitisto
• Finnish: kiihottaja (fi), agitaattori (fi)
• German: Agitator (de) m
• Hebrew: סכסכן‎ (saḥseḥan), תועמלן‎ (toamlan)

• Interlingue: agitator
• Japanese: 煽り屋 (aoriya), 扇動者 (sendōsha)
• Latin: turbātor m
• Portuguese: agitador m
• Romanian: agitator (ro) m
• Spanish: agitador (es) m, agitadora (es) f
• Swahili: mchochezi (sw)
• Swedish: agitator (sv) c

implement for shaking or mixing

• Bulgarian: бъркачка (bǎrkačka)
• Finnish: sekoitin

• Interlingue: agitator
• Romanian: agitator (ro) n
• Russian: меша́лка (ru) (mešálka)

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin agitatus - putting in motion.

Noun

agitator

1. agitator; one who agitates.

Declension

Declension of agitator

nominative	agitator
genitive	agitatornıñ
dative	agitatorğa
accusative	agitatornı
locative	agitatorda
ablative	agitatordan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Danish

Noun

agitator c (singular definite agitatoren, plural indefinite agitatorer)

1. agitator

Declension

Declension of agitator

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agitator	agitatoren	agitatorer	agitatorerne
genitive	agitators	agitatorens	agitatorers	agitatorernes

Further reading

• “agitator” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.ɡiˈtaː.tor/, [a.ɡɪˈtaː.tɔr]

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

• English: agitator
• Portuguese: agitador
• Russian: агита́тор (agitátor)
• Spanish: agitador

Verb

agitātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of agitō
2. 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

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

agìtātor m (Cyrillic spelling агѝта̄тор)

1. agitator

Declension

Declension of agitator

	singular	plural
nominative	agitator	agitatori
genitive	agitatora	agitatora
dative	agitatoru	agitatorima
accusative	agitatora	agitatore
vocative	agitatore	agitatori
locative	agitatoru	agitatorima
instrumental	agitatorom	agitatorima

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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

Related terms

• agitation
• agitatorisk
• agitera

References

• agitator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)