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Definition of Provoker
1. Noun. Someone who deliberately foments trouble. "She was the instigator of their quarrel"
Specialized synonyms: Ringleader
Generic synonyms: Bad Hat, Mischief-maker, Trouble Maker, Troublemaker, Troubler
Derivative terms: Incite, Incite, Instigate, Instigate, Provoke
Definition of Provoker
1. Noun. A person who provokes; a troublemaker ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provoker
1. one that provokes [n -S] - See also: provokes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provoker
Literary usage of Provoker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The first provoker has by his seniority and primogeniture a double portion of
the guilt. Government of the Tongue. PRIMOGENITURE, the right of the first ..."
2. The Records of the Proceedings of the Justiciary Court, Edinburgh, 1661-1678 by Edinburgh (Scotland). Justiciary Court, William George Scott-Moncrieff, John W. Weston (1905)
"2° It is offered to be proven that James Murray was the first provoker, and if
it should be otherwise sustained, the Act of Parliament should be altogether ..."
3. The Common Cause by John R. Meader (1911)
"The provoker has told, right out of school, oft and many a time, and in detail,
how Socialists love one another. One after another of the most luminous ..."
4. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness (1873)
"Faith, sir, we were carousing till the second cock: and drink, sir, is a great
provoker of three things. Macd. What three things does drink especially ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"So, If there le préméditation on the part of the accused, and he commences the
attack, he will be considered the provoker of the difficulty, ..."
6. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"That supposing there was a rixa, and that the thing happened upon a sudden
quarrel ; yet Cuming himself was the first provoker, and the auctor rira, ..."
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