Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber.

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  • noun One who, or that which, troubles; a disturber.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who deliberately stirs up trouble

Etymologies

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From trouble +‎ -er.

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Examples

  • The scene of the death of the "troubler" Achan, with whom its name is associated (Jos., vii, 26).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • When Ahab saw Elijah, he called out, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?”

    Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008

  • When Ahab saw Elijah, he called out, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?”

    Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008

  • At any rate, when Sicinius, who was the greatest troubler of the magistrates and ministers of his time, was asked how it was he let Crassus alone, “Oh,” said he,

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • The vision of a ghostly troubler hovering in the background, was as nothing, matched with the fear of spontaneous change arising in M. Paul himself.

    Villette 2003

  • When Elijah came to appear before him, Ahab said, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”

    When God Answers Prayer BOB RUSSELL 2003

  • When Elijah came to appear before him, Ahab said, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”

    When God Answers Prayer BOB RUSSELL 2003

  • And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

    1 Chronicles 2. 1999

  • For I have found him presumptuous, pressing his company upon my niece, and in all ways a troubler of the peace.

    The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

  • For I have found him presumptuous, pressing his company upon my niece, and in all ways a troubler of the peace.

    The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

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