agent provocateur
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See also Agent Provocateur
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French agent provocateur, literally ‘provocative agent’.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (French) IPA: /aʒɑ̃ pʀɔvɔkatœʀ/
- (Anglicised, UK) IPA: /ˈeɪ.dʒənt ˌpɹəʊ.vɒk.æ.tʊə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: "eI.dZ@nt %pr@U.vQk.{.tU@(r)/
[edit] Noun
agent provocateur (plural agents provocateurs)
- A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group; an instigator, troublemaker.
[edit] Translations
a person who disrupts a group's activities from within
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[edit] French
[edit] Noun
agent provocateur m. (plural agents provocateurs; feminine agente provocatrice, plural agentes provocatrices)
