Meanings
plural protesters · alternative protestor
- One who protests, either alone or in a public display of group feeling.
The protesters thronged Trafalgar Square and sang anti-war songs.
2 more examples
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, employed by a military trained by westerners.
2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18“Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire a**hole,” the protester yelled. “Go back to getting ratioed on Twitter. Go back to Davos with the other billionaire elites who think they know how to run the world. That’s not what democracy is.”
2019 January 29, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Former Starbucks CEO heckled at book event for weighing independent run: ‘Don’t help elect Trump!’”, in CNNSynonyms: remonstrant, formal
- lawOne 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who protests, either alone or in a public display of group feeling.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna person who dissents from some established policy
nounsomeone who participates in a public display of group feeling
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic مُتَظَاهِر
- مُتَظَاهِر (mutaẓāhir)person who protests
Bulgarian протести́ращ, протести́раща
- протести́ращ (protestírašt)person who protests
- протести́раща (protestírašta)person who protests
Catalan protestant, manifestant
- protestantperson who protests
- manifestantperson who protests
Chinese Mandarin 抗議者 /抗议者
- 抗議者 /抗议者 (kàngyìzhě)person who protests
Czech protestující
- protestujícíperson who protests
Esperanto protestanto
- protestantoperson who protests
Estonian meeleavaldaja
- meeleavaldajaperson who protests
Finnish mielenosoittaja, protestoija
- mielenosoittajaperson who protests
- protestoijaperson who protests
French manifestant, manifestante
- manifestantperson who protests
- manifestanteperson who protests
German Protestant, Protestierender
- Protestantperson who protests
- Protestierenderperson who protests
- Protestiererperson who protests
- Protestlerperson who protests
Greek διαδηλωτής
- διαδηλωτής (diadilotís)person who protests
Hebrew מוחה
- מוחה (mokhé)person who protests
Hindi प्रदर्शनकारी, आंदोलनकर्ता
- प्रदर्शनकारी (pradarśankārī)person who protests
- आंदोलनकर्ता (āndolankartā)person who protests
- आंदोलनकारी (āndolankārī)person who protests
Hungarian tiltakozó, protestáló
- tiltakozóperson who protests
- protestálóperson who protests
- tüntetőperson who protests
Icelandic mótmælandi
- mótmælandiperson who protests
Irish agóideoir, gearánaí
- agóideoirperson who protests
- gearánaíperson who protests
- clamhsánaíperson who protests
Italian protestatore, protestatrice
- protestatoreperson who protests
- protestatriceperson who protests
- contestatoreperson who protests
- contestatriceperson who protests
Japanese 抗議者
- 抗議者 (kōgisha)person who protests
Korean 시위자, 시위대
- 시위자 (siwija)person who protests
- 시위대 (siwidae)person who protests
- 데모꾼 (demokkun)person who protests
Māori kaimautohe, kaiporotēhe
- kaimautoheperson who protests
- kaiporotēheperson who protests
Persian معترض
- معترض (mo'tarez)person who protests
Polish protestujący, protestująca
- protestującyperson who protests
- protestującaperson who protests
Portuguese manifestante, protestante
- manifestanteperson who protests
- protestanteperson who protests
Romanian manifestant, protestatar
- manifestantperson who protests
- protestatarperson who protests
Russian протесту́ющий, протесту́ющая
- протесту́ющий (protestújuščij)person who protests
- протесту́ющая (protestújuščaja)person who protests
- демонстра́нт (demonstránt)person who protests
- демонстра́нтка (demonstrántka)person who protests
Slovak protestujúci, protestujúca
- protestujúciperson who protests
- protestujúcaperson who protests
Spanish protestante, manifestante
- protestanteperson who protests
- manifestanteperson who protests
- protestatarioperson who protests
- protestadorperson who protests
- protestorperson who protests
Swahili mwandamanaji
- mwandamanajiperson who protests
Swedish demonstrant, protestant
- demonstrantperson who protests
- protestantperson who protests
Turkish protestocu
- protestocuperson who protests
Ukrainian протестува́льник, протестува́льниця
- протестува́льник (protestuválʹnyk)person who protests
- протестува́льниця (protestuválʹnycja)person who protests
- протесту́ючий (protestújučyj)person who protests
- протесту́юча (protestújuča)person who protests
Vietnamese người biểu tình
- người biểu tìnhperson who protests
Cite this entry
protester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protester
“protester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protester. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protester,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protester.
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