disturber of the peace; troublemaker; nuisance
A person who disrupts public order or causes trouble; a formal or legalistic term. Rare in everyday conversation.
The police arrested the disturber of the peace.
He always becomes a troublemaker at meetings.
迷惑者 is a more common word for a nuisance or troublesome person, while 撹乱者 specifically implies disruption of order or peace.
乱暴者 refers to a violent or rough person, whereas 撹乱者 focuses on causing disturbance or chaos, not necessarily physical violence.
Standard kanji spelling using the simplified form 撹.
Variant spelling using the traditional form 攪; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 撹乱 (かくらん, 'disturbance, disruption') + 者 (しゃ, 'person'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a person who causes disturbance.