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PROVOCATEUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does provocateur mean? 

PROVOCATEUR (noun)
  The noun PROVOCATEUR has 1 sense:

1. a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal actsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PROVOCATEUR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

agent provocateur; provocateur

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

intelligence agent; intelligence officer; operative; secret agent (a person secretly employed in espionage for a government)


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