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protestor

protestor is the alternative spelling of protester.

Meaning of protester

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.
    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

Forms of protestor

pluralprotestors

Origin of protestor

From protest + -or.

Words formed from protestor

Questions about protestor

What is protestor the alternative spelling of?
Protestor is the alternative spelling of protester.

Words near protestor in the dictionary

  1. protesting
  2. protesting too much
  3. protestingly
  4. protestings
  5. protestive
  6. protestor
  7. protestors
  8. protests
  9. protests too much
  10. protestware
  11. proteus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protestor (page history and authors); protester (page history and authors). 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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