opstoker, noun

/ˈɔpstʊəkə(r)/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, opstook to incite + agential suffix -er.
An agitator or troublemaker.
Note:
Used ironically, poking fun at official terminology.
1972 Sunday Times 22 Oct. 16That well-known Boerehaat opstoker..is at it again. This week he warned..the English Press to stop mocking and cursing the Afrikaner and the things that were holy to him.
1977 Time 2 May 22The..National Party..remains committed to kragdadigheid (forcefulness) against all opstokers (troublemakers).
1981 Voice 10 June 2When will the..Government learn by admitting simple truths, like realising that there was much more to the students [sic] marches than mere ‘ring leaders’ and opstokers?
1985 Drum Sept. 64The report has made it clear..that the machinery that churns out discriminatory pieces of legislation is the real culprit and not our leaders who have been branded ‘opstokers’.
1989 Personality 6 Feb. 20While the establishment could console itself that it was one thing for an opstoker (agitator) like Breyten Breytenbach (who everyone knew had a prison record) to hob-nob with the enemy, it was quite another when none other than an Afrikaner like rugby’s Dr Danie Craven followed suit.
An agitator or troublemaker.
Derivatives:
Hence opstokery /ˈɔpstʊəkəreɪ/ verbal noun [Afrikaans], the action of stirring up strife or ill feeling.
1972 Sunday Times 5 Nov. 4The Olympic Games gold medal for Boerehaat Opstokery.
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