protester

US/pɹəˈtɛstəɹ/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,917 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: protesters

A protester is somebody who publicly objects to something. A lone protester.

The word is neutral, which is why both sides of an argument will use it. A protester becomes a demonstrator or a rioter depending on who is describing them.

Definitions of protester

1nounprotesterSomebody who publicly objects to something.B2+
“One protester stood outside for eleven years.”

protester is a person.

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*per-
Latin
prōtestor
Old French
protester
English
protest
English, today
protester

Built from

testis · Latin — witness

From protest + -er. protest comes from the Middle English - verb protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin prōtestor, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

protester in the wild

In such cases, counter-protesters demonstrate their support for the person, policy, action, etc. that is the subject of the original protest.
Protest
The Sunday Express was the first to circulate the name "Wang Weilin" for the protester, though this identification has never been confirmed.
Tank Man
Little reliable information exists regarding the identity or fate of either the protester or the crew of the lead tank.
Tank Man
The protester became known as Tehran's Tank Man, a reference to the Tank Man during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
Jomhuri Eslami Street
The tax protester may have no dispute with how the government spends its revenue.
Tax protester history in the United States

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the testis family

testify protest

protester — used about once every 16,706 pages · #12,917 · point at the bar for the others

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