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FOMENTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fomenter mean? 

FOMENTER (noun)
  The noun FOMENTER has 1 sense:

1. one who agitates; a political troublemakerplay

  Familiarity information: FOMENTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOMENTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One who agitates; a political troublemaker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

agitator; fomenter

Hypernyms ("fomenter" is a kind of...):

bad hat; mischief-maker; trouble maker; troublemaker; troubler (someone who deliberately stirs up trouble)

Derivation:

foment (try to stir up public opinion)


 Context examples 


He was a sneak and a thief, a mischief-maker, a fomenter of trouble; and irate squaws told him to his face, the while he eyed them alert and ready to dodge any quick-flung missile, that he was a wolf and worthless and bound to come to an evil end.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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