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

Other Words From

• counter·demon·strator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of demonstrator¹

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

Example Sentences

At a July gathering of Black journalists, he suggested those defendants were the victims of a “very tough system” that treated them more severely than racial justice demonstrators who have caused damage in other cities.

From Los Angeles Times

Pro-Palestinian campus protests tended to include a diversity of students, including many Muslims and Jews, and demonstrators were often accused of using antisemitic language or symbolism as they pushed for universities to divest from Israel.

From Los Angeles Times

Police in Georgia have clashed with demonstrators in the centre of the capital Tbilisi protesting against last month's disputed election which they say was stolen by the government.

From BBC

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

From BBC

Eleven police officers received minor injuries and 74 demonstrators were arrested.

From BBC

Related Words

• marcher
• radical
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• striker