demonstrator
noun/ˈdemənstreɪtə(r)/
/ˈdemənstreɪtər/
- a person who takes part in a public meeting or march (= an organized walk by many people) in order to protest against somebody/something or to show support for somebody/something
- Troops opened fire on the demonstrators.
- pro-democracy demonstrators
- Troops opened fire on a crowd of pro-democracy demonstrators.
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1- Demonstrators clashed with government soldiers in the country's capital yesterday.
- Demonstrators marched on Washington.
- Demonstrators then tried to storm the police headquarters.
- Police opened fire on a crowd of peaceful demonstrators.
- The demonstrators dispersed when the soldiers arrived.
- The demonstrators had gathered in the cathedral square.
- The demonstrators refused to disperse.
- Two student demonstrators were shot and killed.
- Water cannon and tear gas were used against the demonstrators.
- demonstrators calling for the removal of the government
- demonstrators carrying placards
- demonstrators chanting anti-war slogans
- demonstrators protesting against the lack of housing
- A procession of 30 000 demonstrators marched to the parliament building.
- The demonstrators marched along a route agreed with the authorities.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- angry
- peaceful
- student
- …
- crowd
- group
- disperse
- clash with
- fire on
- …
- gather
- take to the streets
- march
- …
- clashes between police and demonstrators
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- a person whose job is to show or explain how something works or is done
- He works as a demonstrator in anatomy at Wolfson College.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘a person or thing that demonstrates or proves’): from Latin, from demonstrat- ‘pointed out’, from the verb demonstrare.
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