subverter

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Queen Victoria was "deeply shocked" by the high-level attention paid to this subverter of established order.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first minister of the Prussian crown was closeted once—people say more than once, but that does not matter—with the ablest subverter of the modern fabric of society.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Iolas fell, whom not the Grecian pow'rs, Nor great subverter of the Trojan tow'rs, Were doom'd to kill, while Heav'n prolong'd his date; But who can pass the bounds, prefix'd by fate?

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

Such was the reputation which the vanquished magnates in general, and their followers, endeavored to fix upon the young subverter of their ascendency.

From Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches by Various

None, that is, until the riding-hour came, and Nikky, subverter of all discipline.

From Long Live the King! by Rinehart, Mary Roberts