agitator

Plural: agitators

Noun

• A person who urges others to protest or rebel.
• one who agitates; a political troublemaker
• One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.
• An implement for shaking or mixing.
• One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Oliver Cromwell's time, to look after their interests.

Examples

• He’s a known agitator, always trying to convince us to allow slang words.

Synonyms

fomenter, adjutator, agitant