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Douglass, who claimed February 14, 1818, as his birthday, was the hero of Barber’s Valentine’s Day address this year: “A righteous troubler of America,” he was called.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 18, 2015

As Spender sees it, an ideal student-rebel's contribution should be both non-mystical and nonpolitical: he should operate as a troubler of conscience and imagination.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most would agree with the words of the late Dr. William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, when he met Reinhold Niebuhr for the first time: "At last I've met the troubler of my peace."

From Time Magazine Archive

"I've tried everything," said the man, "but she still continues to be a troubler in Israel."

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

“Oh, you dear old troubler o’ the warld!

From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston