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This tag is for questions about correctly using a word. The word has to be provided within the question. The question should be limited to the usage of one word. For the usage of complete phrases there is the tag phrase-usage.
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Did Emma Goldman first use the term “provocateur”?
Perhaps this will help. According to Google's Ngram site, "provocateur" appears in books dating before 1915.
I see this word without "Agent" used in "Testimony of Alexander Orlov" in 1862, page 6:
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