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disturber

American  
[di-sturb-er] / dɪˈstɜrb ər /

noun

  1. someone who disturbs, interferes with the public peace, or who stirs up unrest; troublemaker.


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She turned herself into a disruptive alien, an outsider, a disturber.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2018

While the earlier film focused on whistle blower Edward Snowden, the new one is a look at another disturber of the peace, Wikileaks’ Julian Assange.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2016

Edmundson stresses that a thinking life should be focused on seeking the truth, sometimes on being a disturber of the peace.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2015

The feisty shift disturber has an undeniably charismatic presence, whether anyone likes it or not.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2011

“You’ve broken into my theater and thrown the place into a panic, that’s what you’ve done. You’re a disturber of the peace.”

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater