fomenter
(fəʊˈmɛntə(r))
Also fomentor.
[f. foment v. + -er1.]
One who or that which foments.
| 1633 Prynne Histrio-M. i. iii. ii. 75 Fomentors of Crueltie, Quarrells [etc.]. 1660 Wood Life (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) I. 360 Such lectures in the nation had been fomenters of the late rebellion. 1710 Hearne Collect. 6 Mar., The Fomenters and Abettors of the Riot. 1780 Coxe Russ. Disc. 139 The most inveterate fomenter of hostilities against the Russians. c 1817 Hogg Tales & Sk. VI. 116 The primal cause and fomentor of this cruel and bloody war. 1866 Bright Sp. Reform 4 Dec., The fomenter of discord. |