subverter
Example Sentences
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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 Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
At the moment when thy dearest hopes had budded afresh, when the clouds of insecurity and disquiet had retired from thy vision, wast thou assailed by the great subverter of human schemes.
From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
To his revengeful but astute mind it was clear that if he could not be an official he might be the enemy of the Government and its possible subverter.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Demetrius Charles Boulger
None, that is, until the riding-hour came, and Nikky, subverter of all discipline.
From Long Live the King! by Mary Roberts Rinehart
