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demonstrator

[ dem-uhn-strey-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that demonstrates.
  2. Also a person who takes part in a public demonstration, as by marching or picketing.
  3. a person who explains orteaches by practical demonstrations.
  4. a person who exhibits the use and application of (a product, service, etc.) to a prospective customer.
  5. the product, device, machine, etc., actually used in demonstrations to purchasers or prospective customers:

    They sold the demonstrator at half price.



demonstrator

/ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtə /

noun

  1. a person who demonstrates equipment, machines, products, etc
  2. a person who takes part in a public demonstration
  3. a piece of merchandise, such as a car that one test-drives, used to display merits or performance to prospective buyers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of demonstrator1

1605–15; < Latin dēmonstrātor, equivalent to dēmonstrā ( re ) ( demonstrate ) + -tor -tor
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Example Sentences

"This protest has nothing to do with antisemitism," Alexander van Stokkum, one of the demonstrators, told the AFP news agency on Sunday.

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He also attended the RAR march and concert at Victoria Park in London in the same year, joined by an estimated 100,000 demonstrators.

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On the day the laws started to be debated in Darwin last month, a small crowd of demonstrators stood outside parliament in a last-ditch effort to turn the political tide.

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On Thursday evening before the match police accompanied pro-Palestinian demonstrators and mostly managed to keep them separate from football fans - but were then unable to prevent attacks later in the evening.

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Trump has threatened to deploy the U.S. military to quell demonstrators, and if he follows through, that could result in a serious escalation of left-wing violence.

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