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Noun: provoker  pru'vow-ku(r)
  1. Someone who deliberately foments trouble
    "The provoker's inflammatory comments sparked a heated debate";
    - instigator, inciter, instigant, firebrand

Derived forms: provokers

Type of: bad hat [informal], mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler

Encyclopedia: Provoker