Protester

Quick meaning: Protester is a noun meaning One who protests, either alone or in a public display of group feeling.

Meaning

One who protests, either alone or in a public display of group feeling.

More Meanings

1. (law) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

Example Sentences

The protesters thronged Trafalgar Square and sang anti-war songs.

The protester must also draw up an affidavit containing the literal reproduction of the bill with its acceptance, endorsements, guarantee by endorsement ("aval"), and anything else contained in the note […]

“Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire a**hole,” the protester yelled. “Go back to getting ratioed on Twitter. Go back to Davos with the other billionaire elites who think they know how to run the world. That’s not what democracy is.”

The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.

Word Forms

• protesters
• protestor

Synonyms for protester

Depending on context, synonyms include dissident, contestant, demonstrator, objector, dissenter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include demonstrator, contestant, objector, dissenter, dissident, counterprotestor.

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