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Webster 1913 Edition

Instigator

In′sti-gaˊtor

,

Noun.

[L.: cf. F.

instigateur

.]

One who instigates or incites.

Burke.

Syn. – inciter, instigant.

Webster 1828 Edition

Instigator

IN'STIGATOR

,

Noun.

One who incites another to an evil act; a tempter.

1.

That which incites; that which moves persons to commit wickedness.

Definition 2024

instigator

instigator

English

Alternative forms

instigatour (obsolete, rare)

Noun

instigator ‎(plural instigators)

A person who intentionally incites or starts something, especially one that starts trouble.

Synonyms

initiator

Related terms

Translations

person who intentionally incites something

Armenian: սադրիչ (hy) ‎(sadričʿ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 煽動者, 煽动者 ‎(shāndòngzhě), 教唆犯 ‎(jiàosuōfàn)
Finnish: aloitteentekijä, aloittaja (fi)
French: instigateur (fr) m, instigatrice (fr) f, incitateur (fr) m, incitatrice (fr) f

German: Anstifter m, Anstifterin f
Japanese: 扇動者 ‎(せんどうしゃ, sendōsha), 教唆者 ‎(きょうさしゃ, kyōsasha)
Maori: kaiwhakaara
Russian: зачи́нщик (ru) m ‎(začínščik), зачи́нщица (ru) f ‎(začínščica), подстрека́тель (ru) m ‎(podstrekátelʹ), подстрека́тельница (ru) f ‎(podstrekátelʹnica)

Latin

Verb

instīgātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of instīgō
third-person singular future passive imperative of instīgō

References

instigator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
instigator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
INSTIGATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “instigator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.