Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AG'IT-A-TOR
AG'IT-A-TOR, n.
One who agitates; also, an insurgent; one who excites sedition or revolt. In antiquity, a charioteer, that is, a driver. In Cromwell's time, certain officers appointed by the army to manage their concerns were called agitators. – Hume.
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