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pr-uh-TEST-uh/prəˈtestə/

A protester is a person who shows that they disagree with something, often in public: climate protesters; peaceful protesters. Protest is the noun/verb (already in the dictionary); demonstrator is a close twin. Count named protester groups in the source. Mix-up: protestor (variant spelling); protector. Do not write protester for “anyone who complained by email”.

Meaning

A person who shows that they disagree with something, often in public.

Examples

• “Count named protester groups in the source, not “the mob”.”
• “A lone protester at the gate still went in the log, which is the individual sense.”

Good to know

a protester; peaceful / climate protesters. Verb/noun: protest. Close: demonstrator. Trap: “the mob”. News and citizenship. A person at a protest, not every critic.

Near in meaning

demonstrator

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