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Where does “Agent Provocateur” come from?

Agent Provocateur (German) comes from French agent provocateur — agent provocateur; instigator, troublemaker.

Agent Provocateur (German): agent provocateur

Definitions

  1. agent provocateur

Ancestry of “Agent Provocateur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchagent provocateuragent provocateur; instigator, troublemaker
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