protester
/ˈpɹəʊˌtestə/PROH-teh-stur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈpɹoʊˌtɛstɚ/PROH-teh-stur
Meaningone who protests
Common meaning: a person who protests
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- proforward; forth
- testa witnessLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1863 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘forward’ + ‘a witness’ → protester
Journey through time
- Latintestis‘a witness’
- Frenchprotester
- Englishprotest‘to declare objection’
- Englishformed in English from protestprotester‘a person who protests’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from protest + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PROTEST, p.472 · scan
Roots
- testis Latin “a witness”
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