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provocator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
provo-ca-tor
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who engages in provocation.

Etymology

Partly borrowed from Middle French provocateur and its etymon Latin prōvocātor, and partly from provocate + -or. Doublet of provocateur.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

provocators (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

provoke

Synonyms

provocant provocateur

Questions

What does provocator mean?
One who engages in provocation.
Where does provocator come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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