counterdemonstrator

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ demonstrator

Noun

counterdemonstrator (plural counterdemonstrators)

1. Someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration that is happening nearby at the same time
   • 1988 June 3, Elliot Zashin, “Demonstration: An Incomplete Picture”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     I don't condone the crude and racist slogans that spontaneous counterdemonstrators yelled at the pro-Palestinian protestors.

Related terms

• counterdemonstration