protester

noun

variants or protestor
Definition of protesternext
as in demonstrator

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  1. demonstrator
  2. marcher
  3. agitator
  4. firebrand
  5. provocateur
  6. demagogue
  7. promoter
Noun
  • During that speech, Biesenbach was briefly shouted down by pro-Palestine demonstrators.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Eleven demonstrators were arrested, according to Minnetonka police.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of demonstrator
Noun
  • Ohio’s governor and officials condemn it Some marchers carried black flags emblazoned with red swastikas, a notorious symbol of hate, antisemitism and White supremacy tracing to the murderous legacy of Germany’s Nazi Party and the Holocaust.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
  • An unknown number of people were detained after bar patrons confronted the marchers in a conflict that included the use of pepper spray.
    Andrew King, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of marcher
Noun
  • In the years after the Act's passage, West Coast newspapers and populist agitators grew angry that Chinese immigrants were still entering the country and demanded that the government do more.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, private citizens from the opposition and Bangladeshi diaspora were summarily drafted into key roles, prompting accusations of nepotism, as the anti-establishment agitators became the new ruling class overnight.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of agitator
Noun
  • House Republican leader, Newt Gingrich, led a rebellion against the package, and conservative firebrand Pat Buchanan challenged Bush in the 1992 primaries, weakening Bush's bid for a second term.
    Ron Elving, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Matt Gaetz was an inspired pick for attorney general, but some of the Republican senators simply couldn't let a firebrand do what the American people wanted.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of firebrand
Noun
  • Although he’s always been a divisive figure, the author is now seen less as a provocateur and more as an out-of-touch misogynist.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
  • That’s exactly what Maurizio Cattelan, the artist and provocateur behind Comedian, intended.
    Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of provocateur
Noun
  • So when a demagogue like Trump speaks to her pain and promises to bring factories back, of course her heart leaps.
    Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • As a result, the very outcome the founders most feared, namely election of a demagogue by a gullible cult of true-believers, has been made possible because of the Electoral College, which was originally designed to avoid precisely that outcome.
    Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of demagogue
Noun
  • Drake’s petition accuses UMG of paying an independent radio promoter acting as an intermediary, who then paid other radio stations to boost airplay of Lamar’s track.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The Paris plan went by the wayside last year because the league couldn’t find a promoter.
    Evan Drellich, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of promoter
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