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Meanings of instigant in English

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provocador

Someone who deliberately foments trouble.

provocador
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Examples for "firebrand"
Examples for "firebrand"
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The struggle icon and anti-apartheid firebrand passed away in April this year.
The South African
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On this occasion, you could argue the political firebrand has a point.
The South African
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The firebrand party are well known for their antics in the house.
The South African
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He suggested that the political firebrand had physically attacked his wife, Mantwa.
The South African
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Then the frog coughed, and out of his mouth came the firebrand.
The Book of Nature Myths
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The question of Germany's role as instigator of the treaty is omitted.
The Irish Times
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But man needs an instigator for his basest instincts to come forward.
All the pretty dead girls
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Amazingly, no one said anything to Smokey about his role as instigator.
A dog's purpose
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She is declared to be the instigator of the present world war.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
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And then, too, there was the instigator of the entire foul plot.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
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Jewel turned for a second and addressed the provoker of their flight.
The best early stories of f. scott fitzgerald
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Exercise Six is a sure-fire mirth-provoker; I'll start with it to-morrow morning.
Something New
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It may too, by negligence, become a provoker of dissension and enmity.
The Young Maiden
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One of these venerable first principles is that mystery is the arch provoker.
The Grain of Dust: A Novel
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Thou art the medicine or provoker of the attributes of sovereignty and the others.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
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Oxygen is a natural disinfectant, but a powerful inciter of change.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English / or,...
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As an inciter of feuds there was something almost Balkan or Moroccan about Ulysses Budlong Junior.
Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents
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Speak out, thou inciter of rebellion!
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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She has forced this quarrel upon France, and yet nine-tenths of Europe look upon France as the inciter of the war.
The Young Franc Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prus...
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She is the most harmless and often the most useful of mortals, but she is the inevitable inciter of crime in others.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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