English Explanatory Dictionary

provocator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One who engages in provocation.

Word forms

provocator provocators

Etymology

Partly borrowed from Middle French provocateur and its etymon Latin prōvocātor, and partly from provocate + -or. Doublet of provocateur.

Synonyms

provocant provocateur

Related words

provoke

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