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Fomenter   Listen
noun
Fomenter  n.  One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a fomenter of sedition.






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"Fomenter" Quotes from Famous Books



... held since 1753, was virtually discredited, and generally snubbed. His presentation of the petition afforded an opportunity for his being publicly insulted at the hearing appointed before the Committee for Plantation Affairs, while the press denounced him as a fomenter of sedition. His work in England was done, and although he remained there some time longer, on the chance of still being of possible use, he gladly availed himself of an opportunity, early in 1775, to return to America. Before his departure, however, Lord Chatham ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume XI • John Lord

... coach-and-four, to visit you: who, with your own consent, had carried you to town with them—to your former lodgings; where you still were: that the Hampstead women believed you to be married; and reflected upon me as a fomenter of differences between man and wife: that he himself was at Hampstead the day before; viz. Wednesday the 14th; and boasted of his happiness with you; inviting Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Bevis, and Miss Rawlins, to go to town, to visit his spouse; which ...
— Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) - The History Of A Young Lady • Samuel Richardson



Words linked to "Fomenter" :   troubler, trouble maker, troublemaker, foment, bad hat, agitator, mischief-maker



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