instigator, initiator
(noun) a person who initiates a course of action
instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
(noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble; “she was the instigator of their quarrel”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
instigator (plural instigators)
A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.
• inciter
• initiator
• troublemaker
Source: Wiktionary
In"sti*ga`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. instigateur.]
Definition: One who instigates or incites. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 February 2025
(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; “the state has lowered its income tax”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
