Definition of Instigators

1. Noun. (plural of instigator) ¹

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Definition of Instigators

1. instigator [n] - See also: instigator

Lexicographical Neighbors of Instigators

instead
instead of
insteep
instep
insteps
instigant
instigate
instigated
instigates
instigating
instigatingly
instigation
instigations
instigative
instigator
instigators (current term)
instigatour
instigatrix
instil
instill
instillation
instillations
instillator
instilled
instiller
instillers
instilling
instillment
instillments
instills

Literary usage of Instigators

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"The independent ministers have ever been, since the first settling of this colony, the instigators and abettors of every persecution and conspiracy.1 MARCH ..."

2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1828)
"... from the Army—Sal- danha dismissed from the Ministry of War—Disturbances in Lisbon and at Oporto—Proceedings against their instigators and against the ..."

3. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"A government so well served by spies as yours," replied Bonaparte sharply, " ought to know the real instigators of those murders. I am aware, to be sure, ..."

4. History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi, by by John Wesley Monette (1848)
"Catholic Missionaries and Jesuits not instigators of the War.—Terrible Onset of Indian Hostilities.—Traders first Victims.—Capture of the Western Posts by ..."

5. Goldsmith's Roman History: Abridged by Himself, for the Use of Schools by Oliver Goldsmith (1825)
"... death; but the sons of Aliens, who were the instigators, found safety by flight. 15. Thus fell Lucius Tarquinius, surnamed Pris- cus, to distinguish him ..."

6. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1828)
"... the Ministry of War—Disturbances in Lisbon. and at Oporto—Proceedings against their instigators and - the ..."

7. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"... who were designated as the instigators of the antici- or habitation, but (according to the common acceptation of such covenants or engagements ..."

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