protester

B2 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled protestors

US /pɹəˈtɛstəɹ/
noun Freq #45107

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who publicly shows strong disagreement with something, often as part of a group.

    Thousands of protesters marched through the city against the new law.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who publicly shows... demonstratordissident
Word family
Forms protesters
Derived forms counterprotestercyberprotesterprotestard
Related forms dissenterdissident

Etymology

From protest + -er.

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