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protester

US/pɹəˈtɛstəɹ/

protester noun: one who protests, either alone or in a public display of group feeling.

Noun

protester (plural protesters)

  1. One who protests, either alone or in a public display of group feeling.
    • The protesters thronged Trafalgar Square and sang anti-war songs.
    • 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...2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18
    Synonyms:
    remonstrant, formal
  2. One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.
    • 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 […]1997, Charles Evan Stewart, Transnational Contracts, volume 1, page 96

protester meaning in Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic and Persian

protester in Hindi

person who protests
प्रदर्शनकारी pradarśankārī, आंदोलनकर्ता āndolankartā, आंदोलनकारी āndolankārī

protester in Malayalam

opposer, objector, opponent
അന്യായക്കാരൻ, ആക്ഷേപകൻ, ആവലാതിക്കാരൻ, ആവേദകൻ, തർക്കക്കാരൻ, പരാതിക്കാരൻ
demonstrator, protest marcher, striker
സമരം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ, സമരക്കാരൻ, രോദ്ധാ, രോദ്ധാവ്, രോധനൻ, പ്രതിഷേദ്ധാ

protester in Arabic

person who protests
مُتَظَاهِر mutaẓāhir

protester in Persian

person who protests
معترض mo'tarez
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protester in Vietnamese
người biểu tình

Examples of protester in a sentence

  • A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps.
  • The protesters were very vocal in their message to the mayor.
  • The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.

All 40 example sentences with protester

Synonyms of protester

Forms of protester

pluralprotesters
alternative formprotestor

Plural of protester: protesters

Origin of protester

From protest + -er.

Words formed from protester

Phrases with protester

Questions about protester

What does protester mean?
Protester means one who protests, either alone or in a public display of group feeling.
What is protester in Hindi?
Protester in Hindi is प्रदर्शनकारी (pradarśankārī), आंदोलनकर्ता (āndolankartā), आंदोलनकारी (āndolankārī). See Protester meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is protester?
Protester is a noun.
How do you pronounce protester?
Protester is pronounced /pɹəˈtɛstəɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of protester?
The plural of protester is protesters.

Words near protester in the dictionary

  1. protestator
  2. protestators
  3. protestatory
  4. protested
  5. protested too much
  6. protester
  7. protesters
  8. protesting
  9. protesting too much
  10. protestingly
  11. protestings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: protester (page history and authors); protester (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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