agitator

See also: Agitator and agitátor

English

Alternative forms

• agitatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From agitate +‎ -or.

Noun

agitator (plural agitators)

1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.

   Synonym: agitant

   Hyponym: agitatrix

   • 1998, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar, Imperial Power and Popular Politics, page 208:

     In addition, they kept a watch on political agitators and foreigners arriving and departing at the port.

2. An implement for shaking or mixing.
3. (historical) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Oliver Cromwell's time, to look after their interests.

   Synonym: adjutator

Derived terms

• silent agitator

Translations

one who agitates

• Belarusian: агіта́тар m (ahitátar), агіта́тарка f (ahitátarka)
• Bulgarian: агита́тор (bg) m (agitátor), агита́торка f (agitátorka)
• Crimean Tatar: agitator
• Czech: agitátor (cs) m
• Esperanto: agitisto
• Finnish: kiihottaja (fi), agitaattori (fi)
• French: agitateur (fr) m, agitatrice (fr) f
• German: Agitator (de) m, Agitatorin (de) f
• Hebrew: סַכְסְכָן (saḥseḥan), תּוֹעַמְלָן (toamlan)
• Japanese: 煽り屋 (あおりや, aoriya), 扇動者 (せんどうしゃ, sendōsha)
• Korean: 선동자(煽動者) (seondongja)
• Latin: turbātor m
• Macedonian: агита́тор m (agitátor), агита́торка f (agitátorka)
• Polish: agitator (pl) m, agitatorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: agitador m
• Romanian: agitator (ro) m
• Russian: агита́тор (ru) m (agitátor)
• Slovak: agitátor m
• Slovene: agitator m, agitatorka f
• Spanish: agitador (es) m, agitadora (es) f
• Swahili: mchochezi (sw)
• Swedish: agitator (sv) c
• Ukrainian: агіта́тор (uk) m (ahitátor), агіта́торка (uk) f (ahitátorka)

implement for shaking or mixing

• Belarusian: ме́шалка (be) f (mjéšalka), мяша́лка f (mjašálka)
• Bulgarian: бърка́чка f (bǎrkáčka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 攪拌機 / 搅拌机 (zh) (jiǎobànjī)

• Czech: míchadlo n
• Finnish: sekoitin
• French: agitateur (fr) m
• Japanese: 攪拌 (ja) (かくはん, kakuhan, こうはん, kōhan)
• Polish: mieszadło (pl) n
• Romanian: agitator (ro) n
• Russian: меша́лка (ru) f (mešálka)
• Ukrainian: міша́лка f (mišálka)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From 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]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.ɣiˈtaː.tɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: agi‧ta‧tor

Noun

agitator m (plural agitators)

1. an agitator, one who stirs up unrest, a demagogue

   Synonyms: demagoog, volksmenner

Related terms

• agiteren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: agitator
• → Indonesian: agitator

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch agitator, from Latin agitātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aɡiˈt̪at̪ɔr]
• Hyphenation: agi‧ta‧tor

Noun

agitator

1. agitator.

   Synonyms: penghasut, provokator

Related terms

• agitasi
• agitatif

 

Further reading

• “agitator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From agitō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.ɡiˈtaː.tor/, [äɡɪˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒiˈta.tor/, [äd͡ʒiˈt̪äːt̪or]

Noun

agitātor m (genitive agitātōris); third declension

1. driver of animals; drover
2. charioteer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	agitātor	agitātōrēs
genitive	agitātōris	agitātōrum
dative	agitātōrī	agitātōribus
accusative	agitātōrem	agitātōrēs
ablative	agitātōre	agitātōribus
vocative	agitātor	agitātōrēs

Descendants

• → English: agitator
• → Finnish: agitaattori
• French: agitateur
• Italian: agitatore
• Portuguese: agitador
• Romanian: agitator
• → Russian: агита́тор (agitátor)
• Spanish: agitador

Verb

agitātor

1. second/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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Agitator, from Latin agitātor. By surface analysis, agitować +‎ -ator. First attested in 1833.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡiˈta.tɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: a‧gi‧ta‧tor

Noun

agitator m pers (female equivalent agitatorka)

1. (politics) agitator (one who tries to gather supporters for a political ideal)

   partyjny agitator ― a party agitator

   prymitywny agitator ― a primitive agitator

   unijny agitator ― a union agitator

   polityczny agitator ― a political agitator

   młody agitator ― a young agitator

   notatnik agitatora ― an agitator's notebook

   poradnik agitatora ― an agitator's handbook

   rola agitatora ― the role of a agitator

   narada agitatorów ― a conference of agitators

   grupa agitatorów ― a group of agitator

   agitator sekty ― an agitator of a sect/cult

Declension

Declension of agitator

	singular	plural
nominative	agitator	agitatorzy/agitatory (deprecative)
genitive	agitatora	agitatorów
dative	agitatorowi	agitatorom
accusative	agitatora	agitatorów
instrumental	agitatorem	agitatorami
locative	agitatorze	agitatorach
vocative	agitatorze	agitatorzy

Noun

agitator m inan

1. agitator (implement for shaking or mixing)

   Synonyms: mieszarka, mieszadło

Declension

Declension of agitator

	singular	plural
nominative	agitator	agitatory
genitive	agitatoru	agitatorów
dative	agitatorowi	agitatorom
accusative	agitator	agitatory
instrumental	agitatorem	agitatorami
locative	agitatorze	agitatorach
vocative	agitatorze	agitatory

Derived terms

adjective

• agitatorski

 

noun

• agitatorstwo

 

Related terms

adjective

• agitacyjny

 

adverb

• agitacyjnie

 

nouns

• agitacja
• agitacyjność
• agitka

 

verbs

• agitować
• rozagitować
• wyagitować
• zaagitować

 

Further reading

• agitator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• agitator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French agitateur. Equivalent to agita +‎ -tor.

Noun

agitator m (plural agitatori)

1. stirrer

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	agitator	agitatorul		agitatori	agitatorii
genitive-dative	agitator	agitatorului		agitatori	agitatorilor
vocative	agitatorule			agitatorilor

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

Swedish

Noun

agitator c

1. an agitator; one who agitates

Declension

Declension of agitator

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	agitator	agitators
	definite	agitatorn	agitatorns
plural	indefinite	agitatorer	agitatorers
	definite	agitatorerna	agitatorernas

Related terms

• agitation
• agitatorisk
• agitera

References

• agitator in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• agitator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• agitator in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• agitator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)