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pro·test

(prə-tĕst′, prō-, prō′tĕst′)

v. pro·test·ed, pro·test·ing, pro·tests

v.tr.

a. To express a strong objection to (something): protest a job assignment.

b. To participate in a public demonstration in opposition to (something): Thousands protested the election fraud. See Synonyms at object.

2. To promise or affirm earnestly, as after being doubted: "He continually protested his profound respect" (Frank Norris).

3. Law To declare an objection and reservation of rights of (a claim being made) while taking an action that would otherwise imply consent or agreement.

4. Archaic To proclaim or make known: "unrough youths that even now / Protest their first of manhood" (Shakespeare).

v.intr.

a. To express a strong objection.

b. To participate in a public demonstration in opposition to something.

2. To make an earnest avowal or affirmation.

n. (prō′tĕst′)

1. A formal declaration of disapproval or objection issued by a concerned person, group, or organization.

2. A public demonstration or organized effort to show disapproval about something, especially a governmental policy or practice.

3. Law A declaration of objection and reservation of rights, made when action would otherwise imply consent or agreement: payment under protest.

[Middle English protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin prōtestārī : prō-, forth; see pro-¹ + testārī, to testify (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots).]

pro′test′er n.

pro·test′ing·ly adv.

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Noun	1.	protester - a person who dissents from some established policy dissenter, dissident, objector, contestant individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" conscientious objector, CO - one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience recusant, nonconformist - someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct political dissident - a dissenter from political orthodoxy NIMBY - someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
	2.	protester - someone who participates in a public display of group feeling demonstrator counterdemonstrator - someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration picket - a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reform

protester

noun

1. demonstrator, rebel, dissident, dissenter, agitator, picketers, protest marcher anti-abortion protesters

2. objector, opposer, complainer, opponent, dissident, dissenter Protesters say the government is corrupt.

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Translations

مُحْتَج، مُعْتَرِض

odpůrce

demonstrant

Protestierende

manifestante

protestataire

tiltakozó

mótmælandi

protestocu

声明者抗议者

protester

protestor [prəˈtestəʳ] N → protestador(a) m/f; (on march, in demonstration etc) → manifestante mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

protester

protestor [prəˈtɛstə^r] n (in demonstration) → manifestant(e) m/f

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protester

n → Protestierende(r) mf; (in demonstration) → Demonstrant(in) m(f)

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protester

protestor [prəˈtɛstəʳ] n → contestatore/trice; (in demonstration) → dimostrante m/f

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protest

(prəˈtest) verb

1. to express a strong objection. They are protesting against the new law.

2. to state or declare definitely, especially in denying something. She protested that she was innocent.

(ˈproutest) noun

a strong statement or demonstration of objection or disapproval. He made no protest; (also adjective) a protest march.

proˈtester noun

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