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instigator|ˈɪnstɪgeɪtə(r)|
Also 6–7 -er.
[a. L. instigātor, agent-n. f. instigāre to instigate. Cf. F. instigateur (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
One who instigates or sets on; an inciter, stimulator.
1598Florio, Instigatore, an egger on, a prouoker, a pricker forward, an instigater. 1607Rowlands Guy Warw. 46 Have I..been the instigator unto ought That is unjust in righteous Heavens sight? c1665Mrs. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1846) 88 The King had another instigator of his own violent purposes..and that was the queen. 1786Burke Articles W. Hastings Wks. 1842 II. 228 Being him⁓self the first mover and instigator of that injustice. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. (1870) I. App. 653 The chief instigator of the murder. |