demonstrant

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin dēmonstrant- (stem of dēmonstrāns).[1]

Noun

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demonstrant (plural demonstrants)

  1. A participant in a demonstration.
    • 1853, Henry Keppel, “Reply to Mr. Hume continued—His Captains—His “Gentleman”—His “Merchants”—His Prompters—Himself”, in A Visit to the Indian Archipelago, in H. M. Ship Mæander. With Portions of the Private Journal of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, [], page 232:
      Anybody who does anything in the way of business, if he can but write his name, is a “merchant;” and especially when an address is getting up by agitators of elastic conscience, content to procure an array of demonstrants numerous, if not select.
    • 1920, John Bach McMaster, “The Treaty of Peace”, in The United States in the World War (1918–1920), New York, N.Y., London: D. Appleton and Company, page 341:
      A report from London announced that the Italian Embassy had given out the statement that in many towns the shops were closed while crowds of demonstrants paraded shouting, “Long live America! Down with Wilson!”
    • 1948, Mark Gayn, Japan Diary, New York, N.Y.: William Sloane Associates, Inc., page 166:
      One demonstrant, with his face twisted in anger, was shouting the Japanese equivalent of “lemme at ’em.”

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ demonstrant”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Czech

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Noun

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demonstrant m anim

  1. demonstrator (a person involved in a public display of group opinion)

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Danish

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Noun

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demonstrant c (singular definite demonstranten, plural indefinite demonstranter)

  1. protester, demonstrator, participant in a demonstration

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Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin dēmōnstrāns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌdeː.mɔnˈstrɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: de‧mon‧strant

Noun

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demonstrant m (plural demonstranten, diminutive demonstrantje n)

  1. demonstrator

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French

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Participle

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demonstrant

  1. present participle of demonstrer

Latin

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Verb

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dēmōnstrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of dēmōnstrō  "they show; they prove"

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin through the present participle of demonstrere (demonstrate).

Noun

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demonstrant m (definite singular demonstranten, indefinite plural demonstranter, definite plural demonstrantene)

  1. a demonstrator

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin through the present participle of demonstrere / demonstrera (demonstrate).

Noun

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demonstrant m (definite singular demonstranten, indefinite plural demonstrantar, definite plural demonstrantane)

  1. a demonstrator

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Polish

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Etymology

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From German Demonstrant.

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Noun

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demonstrant m pers (female equivalent demonstrantka)

  1. demonstrator (participant of a demonstration)

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Further reading

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  • demonstrant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • demonstrant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian демонстрант (demonstrant).

Noun

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demonstrant m (plural demonstranți)

  1. demonstrator, protester

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From demonstrírati.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /demǒnstrant/
  • Hyphenation: de‧mon‧strant

Noun

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demònstrant, demonstrȁnt m (Cyrillic spelling демо̀нстрант, демонстра̏нт)

  1. demonstrator (a person involved in a public display of group opinion)

Declension

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References

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  • demonstrant”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

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Noun

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demonstrant c

  1. a demonstrator, (usually) a protester (participant in a demonstration)

Declension

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