protester

[US]/prəʊˈtestə/
[UK]/prə'tɛstɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a person who opposes or protests against something

Example Sentences

protesters were chanting slogans.

protesters were swarming into the building.

A crowd of protesters disrupted the meeting.

Protesters are calling for a public hearing.

What the protesters have in view is a world without nuclear weapons.

7.irate protesters; ireful words.

A large group of protesters have turned out.

Protesters upset the meeting by chanting and shouting.

The protesters were hauled off to jail.

The protesters were determined not to be denied.

Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech.

Protesters called on the government to adopt a declaration of sovereignty.

Seventy protesters were killed by indiscriminate gunfire.

Arrest warrants were issued against 16 of the protesters.

cities can restrict groups of protesters from gathering on a residential street.

The Prime Minister’s car had to run the gauntlet of a large group of protesters outside the conference hall.

The protesters in Paris were paid for 300 Euro per person, but all the people who support China are not purchasable. And you BBC is bribable and quite cheap.

Real-world Examples

Protesters set up burning barricades and hurl projectiles.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2019

Police fired teargas to disperse the protesters.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation March 2014

Police controversially arrested anti-monarchy protesters on the day.

Source: Learn English by following hot topics.

A group of young women led the protesters.

Source: VOA Special September 2019 Collection

Rodrigo and his fellow protesters refused to accept it.

Source: Environment and Science

Have there been any protesters out front this afternoon?

Source: Modern Family Season 6

They have, they started attacking and brushing the protesters.

Source: CNN Listening Collection July 2013

Riot squads joined plainclothes policemen to move the protesters away from the square.

Source: AP Listening Collection April 2016

I would tell the protesters that I support them wholeheartedly.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Many protesters have defied a curfew in major cities.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2019

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