provocatorn.

Brit.

/ˈprɒvəkeɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈprɑvəˌkeɪdər/

Forms: 1500s prouocatour (Scottish), 1600s prouocator, 1600s 1800s– provocator.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French provocateur ; Latin prōvocātor ; provocate v., -or suffix.

Etymology: Partly < Middle French provocateur provocateur n. and its etymon classical Latin prōvocātor person who challenges, challenger, person who exercises a right of appeal ( < prōvocāt- , past participial stem of prōvocāre provoke v. + -or -or suffix), and partly < provocate v. + -or suffix. Compare Spanish provocador (1542 or earlier), Portuguese provocador (1588).

A person who or thing which provokes (in various senses); a challenger, instigator, inciter, irritator; (in later use) spec. = provocateur n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun] > seditious person

sower1380

kindler?c1450

stirrerc1450

subvertera1500

subverser1514

subvertor?1532

commotioner1549

provocator1559

seditioner1562

seedsman1587

tumulter1589

turmoiler1591

seditionary1607

seditiary1628

incendiary1631

patriot1644

embroiler1668

agitator1681

seditionist1786

agent provocateur1831

disquietist1834

insurrectionist1845

provocateur1855

galley-growler1867

1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo 400 in Wks. (1931) I. 68 Barnes of Baliall..Prouocande..Prences tyll huredome and tyll hasardrie..sic peirte prouocatouris Sulde puneist be.

c1617 J. Taylor Jack a Lent in Wks. (1630) 117 These are hot shots, Veneriall prouocators, fishy in substance, and fleshly in operation.

1683 R. Dixon Canidia iii. vii. 45 Bacchus is a Lust-Provocator.

1850 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 19 Sept. It is short whist, a terrible provocator of short tempers.

1896 W. Le Queux Secret Service iv. 79 From Paris ‘flying brigades’ of spies and provocators are sent out.

1918 A. Gray tr. R. Grelling Crime II. ii. 132 If even the creator of the defensive Entente of 1904 was regarded as a dangerous provocator, [etc.].

1959 E. Q. Campbell Christians in Racial Crisis ii. 20 Like its predecessor (and provocator), this statement was political rather than religious in tone.

2006 Northern Echo (Nexis) 17 Mar. 13 They're professional provocators determined to remind people there are still issues to be raised.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	provocator
释义	provocatorn. Brit. /ˈprɒvəkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈprɑvəˌkeɪdər/ Forms: 1500s prouocatour (Scottish), 1600s prouocator, 1600s 1800s– provocator. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French provocateur ; Latin prōvocātor ; provocate v., -or suffix. Etymology: Partly < Middle French provocateur provocateur n. and its etymon classical Latin prōvocātor person who challenges, challenger, person who exercises a right of appeal ( < prōvocāt- , past participial stem of prōvocāre provoke v. + -or -or suffix), and partly < provocate v. + -or suffix. Compare Spanish provocador (1542 or earlier), Portuguese provocador (1588). A person who or thing which provokes (in various senses); a challenger, instigator, inciter, irritator; (in later use) spec. = provocateur n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun] > seditious person sower1380 kindler?c1450 stirrerc1450 subvertera1500 subverser1514 subvertor?1532 commotioner1549 provocator1559 seditioner1562 seedsman1587 tumulter1589 turmoiler1591 seditionary1607 seditiary1628 incendiary1631 patriot1644 embroiler1668 agitator1681 seditionist1786 agent provocateur1831 disquietist1834 insurrectionist1845 provocateur1855 galley-growler1867 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo 400 in Wks. (1931) I. 68 Barnes of Baliall..Prouocande..Prences tyll huredome and tyll hasardrie..sic peirte prouocatouris Sulde puneist be. c1617 J. Taylor Jack a Lent in Wks. (1630) 117 These are hot shots, Veneriall prouocators, fishy in substance, and fleshly in operation. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia iii. vii. 45 Bacchus is a Lust-Provocator. 1850 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 19 Sept. It is short whist, a terrible provocator of short tempers. 1896 W. Le Queux Secret Service iv. 79 From Paris ‘flying brigades’ of spies and provocators are sent out. 1918 A. Gray tr. R. Grelling Crime II. ii. 132 If even the creator of the defensive Entente of 1904 was regarded as a dangerous provocator, [etc.]. 1959 E. Q. Campbell Christians in Racial Crisis ii. 20 Like its predecessor (and provocator), this statement was political rather than religious in tone. 2006 Northern Echo (Nexis) 17 Mar. 13 They're professional provocators determined to remind people there are still issues to be raised. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1559
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