protester

noun

variants or protestor
Definition of protesternext
as in demonstrator

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Recent Examples of protester While at the park, he’s caught in a police sweep and counterprotest that turns violent; one protester’s eye is liquefied. — Carolyn Kellogg, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 In late May, a video spread across Albanian social media of private security guards dragging a protester across the beach at the wetlands. — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026 An anti-Israel protester who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a pro-Israel demonstrator in California was sentenced to one year in county jail this week. — Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 Prosecutors argued that Song planned an ambush with the intent to kills officers, while the defense argued that Song fired into the ground after seeing Gross point his gun at a protester and that the shot that hit the officer might have been a ricochet. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026 According to an incident report from the Greer Police Department, an altercation broke out between an event attendee and a protestor outside the venue. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 9 June 2026 One [protestor] is standing there at the front, and Kingpin just grabs and hits him. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Law enforcement wearing masks and vests marked with ICE patches were seen pulling protesters out of a crowd and detaining them, with at least one protester dragged across the ground, video from Freedom News TV shows. — Sarah Dewberry, CNN Money, 25 May 2026 In January, a protester scaled the balcony of the Iranian embassy in London, pulling down the official national flag and brandishing the pre-revolution lion and sun flag. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protester
  1. demonstrator
  2. marcher
  3. agitator
  4. objector
  5. firebrand
  6. provocateur
  7. demagogue
  8. promoter
Noun
  • The Ranger capability demonstrator was developed jointly by submarine systems specialist Gabler, based in Lübeck, and defense technology company Flanq, which is headquartered in Rostock.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
  • The vehicle was a suborbital technology demonstrator, climbing to an altitude of roughly 54 miles (88 km) before falling back to Earth.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of demonstrator
Noun
  • That would be intolerable in any other setting – not because every voter or marcher is admirable, but because constitutional rights are not based on a government employee’s benevolent opinion.
    — George A. Mocsary, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
  • The corporation’s Senatobia store was closed as marchers protested Friday.
    — Bracey Harris, NBC news, 28 June 2026
Definition of marcher
Noun
  • Across the country, agitators on the left and the right are increasingly flirting with antisemitic tropes, conspiracy theories and in-jokes to bring in new followers.
    — Will Carless, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • An agitator is a post in the machine’s center that twists so the clothes can rub against each other, while impellers have a cone or disc on the bottom of the drum that spins.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2026
Definition of agitator
Noun
  • The process involves a series of hearings in which election judges review signatures one-by-one, and typically requires the objector and the candidate to hire an attorney.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
  • After a two-year National Service stint as a hospital orderly (thanks to his own conscientious-objector status), Hockney landed at the Royal College of Art, in London, in the fall of 1959.
    — Mark Rozzo, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
Definition of objector
Noun
  • Widdecombe’s death has shaken British politics, silencing a longtime conservative voice from Parliament and Europe who later became a Reform UK firebrand remembered by friends for personal warmth and sharp humor.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • The 25-year-old firebrand made a critical tag at the plate to prevent the go-ahead run from scoring in the ninth inning and found himself in the middle of an incident where the benches briefly cleared in the 10th.
    — Kyle Glaser, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
Definition of firebrand
Noun
  • The Onion is pressing ahead with its takeover of InfoWars, the conspiracy-laden media empire formerly owned by far-right provocateur Alex Jones.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The height of her popularity came during her 12-year relationship with French provocateur Serge Gainsbourg.
    — Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026
Definition of provocateur
Noun
  • The Constitution was crafted out of fear — fear of concentrated power, factional dominance, corruption, demagogues, unchecked executives, and the use of public office for personal gain.
    — Paul Oestreicher, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2026
  • But those standards can be easily stretched by demagogues, and a simple majority on the committee is enough to ban a party, though a panel of nine Supreme Court justices can overturn the decision on appeal.
    — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Definition of demagogue
Noun
  • Reps for Jay-Z and Live Nation, the concert’s promoter, did not immediately respond to Variety’s requests for comment.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 July 2026
  • Trufero, the main promoter of this change, said the restaurant staff did not object to the ruling.
    — Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
Definition of promoter

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