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fo·menter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. agitator, fomenternoun

    one who agitates; a political troublemaker

Wiktionary

  1. fomenternoun

    One who incites or promotes.

  2. Etymology: From foment + -er

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Fomenternoun

    An encourager; a supporter.

    Etymology: from foment.

    These fatal distempers, as they did much hurt to the body politick at home, being like humours stirred in the natural without evacuation, so did they produce disadvantageous effects abroad; and better had it been, that the raisers and fomenters of them had never sprung up in Druina. James Howell.

ChatGPT

  1. fomenter

    A fomenter is a person or thing that instigates or incites trouble, rebellion, unrest, or discord. This is often done by stirring up negative feelings or influencing others towards conflict.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fomenternoun

    one who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a fomenter of sedition

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fomenter in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fomenter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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