Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who protests; one who utters a solemn or formal declaration.
- noun One who protests a bill of exchange, etc.
- noun [capitalized] Specifically, in Scottish history, a member of a party which protested against the union of the Royalists with the Presbyterians in 1650. Also spelled
Protestor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration.
- noun (Law) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
protests , eithersingly , or in apublic display ofgroup feeling . - noun law One who protests a
bill of exchange , ornote .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who dissents from some established policy
- noun someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ironicly a minute after bush talks about freedom of speech, a protester is arrested. bush later appologised to Hu.
Think Progress » Bush and Hu Toast Political Oppression 2006
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That is defamation of religion, said Eko Nugroho, a protester from a group calling itself the Students Alliance to Reject Buddha Bar.
Buddhist group protests, symbolically seals Buddha Bar in Indonesia 2009
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This whole outing of police provocateurs seems staged to disuade people away from militant tactics .. maybe the point was to get caught so that people at future demos dont support those who believe in a diversity of tactics and makes people think every black-clad militant protester is a provocateur ..
Police Were Instigators in Montebello – Report Holds : Law is Cool 2009
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Look at that one ouchebag protester is lecturing others about being self absorbed.
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I don't think that the flying the flag as a protester is very clear as a message, but crowds of protesters will do their chants, etc, to make their intent known, which is absent here.
Amo, lloro, canto, sueño Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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So, when George Allen stood by and watched ‘his people’ (not cops) physically and quite aggressively remove a very vocal protester from the Omni hotel in Charlottesville just a few short months ago … what was that?
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You gotta love it when an old radical hippie protester is still out there putting his ass on the line.
All we need is Blog? Ed 2003
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You gotta love it when an old radical hippie protester is still out there putting his ass on the line.
Archive 2003-06-01 Ed 2003
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According to a tweet from KTVK reporter Carey Pena, as well as a subsequent report, report, another protester was allegedly "hit" by McCain's driver.
Anti-War Protester Taken Down After Confronting John McCain (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Only Gary Bergeron, McDaid's co-founder, and one other protester were allowed to leave letters at the Pope's doorstep.
Vatican Protest Of Sexual Abuse Stopped By Italian Police (VIDEO, PHOTOS) Cara Parks 2010
whichbe commented on the word protester
Someone in favor of giving or taking tests.
October 10, 2008