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Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-sti-geyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn stɪˌgeɪt

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Définition of instigator

Origin : 1590s, from Latin instigator, agent noun from instigare (see instigation). Fem. formation instigatrix is recorded from 1610s.

noun troublemaker

Example sentences :

All at once it occurred to him that some reward was due the instigator of his success.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

John C. Calhoun was, or was charged with being, the instigator of this movement.
Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle

Or, she can see the objects, admire them, but seek beyond them for their Instigator and Creator.
Extract from : « The Prodigal Returns » by Lilian Staveley

They believed the Iron Duke to be the instigator and encourager of a shabby trick.
Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman

Why should these young men, who were led into this scheme by me, suffer as much as the instigator?
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

Can there be an instinct without an instigation or an instigator?
Extract from : « Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I » by Friedrich Max Mller

And she had been the instigator of it, and Doctor Hilary had called it a miracle.
Extract from : « Antony Gray,--Gardener » by Leslie Moore

Had Madame, therefore, been the instigator of the revenge, she would have been right.
Extract from : « Ten Years Later » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

That she set a bad example to the younger girls and was the instigator of quarrels!
Extract from : « Sisters Three » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

I felt sure that a plot had been formed against me, and that he was its framer and instigator.
Extract from : « Will Weatherhelm » by W.H.G. Kingston

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