Definitions for provocateur

provocateur pro·vo·ca·teur

Spelling: [pruh-vok-uh-tur, -too
IPA: /prəˌvɒk əˈtɜr, -ˈtʊər; French prɔ vɔ kaˈtœr/

Provocateur is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 664 anagrams from letters in provocateur (aceooprrtuv).

Definitions for provocateur

noun

  1. a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
  2. (italics) French. agent provocateur.

Origin of provocateur

1915-20; French Latin prōvocātor challenger, appellant, equivalent to provocā(re) to provoke + -tor -tor

Examples for provocateur

So, it may surprise you to hear that talk-radio host and provocateur extraordinaire Mark Levin and I are in agreement.

The Whites put up a provocateur as before a pogrom in Russia.

The provocateur is rewarded with greater liberty and special privileges.

A few detectives had also managed to find their way here, and there was even one provocateur.

These are the works of Ralph Steadman, legendary artist and provocateur.

Lars von Trier, the terribly talented Danish provocateur, is quite a character.

But if Correa has the provocateur's teeth, it's unclear whether he has the stomach for the part.

You had to point out to them several times that it was Oswald who was the Castro provocateur, so to say, and not you?

DONETSK, Ukraine—He reaches into his pocket to pull out a Ukrainian passport and opens it to prove he is no Russian provocateur.

The tricked boys now swear vengeance upon the provocateur, but "Dutch" is missing from the range.

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