demonstrator
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtər/
:
manifestante
- The demonstrators carried signs and shouted slogans during the peaceful march through the city.
- police and demonstrators
- demonstrators gather
- arrest demonstrators
Overnight at UCLA, bloody fighting broke out between pro and anti Israel demonstrators.
- Overnight at UCLA, bloody fighting broke out between pro and anti Israel demonstrators.
- Look at these banners Chinese demonstrators are holding.
- And of course, he's at the focus of all the criticism that he receives from the demonstrators in today's Iran.
Examples
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4-5 November 1989: Five hundred thousand demonstrators gather in East Berlin.
Academic text (1990) -
In unprecedented numbers, demonstrators are surrounding the National Bank of France.
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And the leader of the the demonstrators, they were having a meeting in church.
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Are there any demonstrators there?
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You will not see police dogs attacking demonstrators for civil rights.
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Reports vary as to the number of demonstrators wounded and arrested.
Academic text (1990) -
Sixteen demonstrators were injured and fifty arrested.
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A small group of demonstrators has formed outside the courthouse.
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Athens police are reporting tactical teams moving on the demonstrators.
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The demonstrators have been met with squads of defense forces in riot gear.
Synonyms
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2.9
A person who shows strong disagreement in public, often in a group
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3.0
A person who joins others in public to show strong disagreement
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3.4
A person who walks in a parade or protest
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4.9
A person who gathers outside a workplace to protest or support a cause
A person who joins a march to protest
A person who objects publicly to something
A person who shouts loudly to protest or attract attention
Antonyms
Compounds
A person who shows and explains a product to customers in shops or at events to help them buy it
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
demonstrator = demonstrate (semi-transparent) = demonstrate + or
Formally an agentive -or noun from 'demonstrate', but the protest sense depends on the verb's secondary meaning 'take part in a public demonstration', which learners may not automatically link to the more common 'show/explain' sense.
Etymology
Demonstrator comes from the Latin root monstr- meaning 'show', the same root in demonstrate and demonstration. That's why a demonstrator can be someone who 'shows' their view in public, which is how the word also means a protester.