protester

«protester» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who shows in public that they strongly disagree… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a protester, protesters; also protestor)

meaning for a pupil

A protester is a person who shows in public that they strongly disagree with something, for example by marching, holding signs or shouting. tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship and history lessons, protesters have changed laws, for example suffragettes for women's votes and civil rights marchers in the USA. In news, protesters march about climate, wars, jobs or prices; in many countries peaceful protest is a right. Some protests turn violent, and police manage crowds.

examples

• Protesters marched through the city with banners. tree →
• The protesters wanted cleaner air. tree →
• Suffragettes were protesters for women's right to vote. tree →
• Police kept the protesters away from the road. tree →
• Some protesters chained themselves to trees. tree →
• Thousands of protesters gathered peacefully. tree →

note

Countable. Both spellings are used: protester and protestor. Related: protest (noun and verb). Stress: a PRO-test (noun), to pro-TEST (verb).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «protester» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.