demonstrant

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

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.”

• demonstrator

• IPA^(key):

demonstrant m anim

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

demonstrant c (singular definite demonstranten, plural indefinite demonstranter)

1. protester, demonstrator, participant in a demonstration

• “demonstrant” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeː.mɔnˈstrɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: de‧mon‧strant

demonstrant m (plural demonstranten, diminutive demonstrantje n)

1. demonstrator

• tegendemonstrant

demonstrant

1. present participle of demonstrer

dēmōnstrant

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

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

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

1. a demonstrator

• yrkesdemonstrant

• demonstrere
• demonstrasjon
• demonstrativ

• “demonstrant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “demonstrant” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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

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

1. a demonstrator

• yrkesdemonstrant

• demonstrera/demonstrere
• demonstrasjon
• demonstrativ

• “demonstrant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From German Demonstrant.

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈmɔn.strant/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnstrant
• Syllabification: de‧mon‧strant

demonstrant m pers (female equivalent demonstrantka)

1. demonstrator (participant of a demonstration)

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

Borrowed from Russian демонстрант (demonstrant).

demonstrant m (plural demonstranți)

1. demonstrator, protester

From demonstrírati.

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

demònstrant, demonstrȁnt m (Cyrillic spelling демо̀нстрант, демонстра̏нт)

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

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

demonstrant c

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

• demonstration
• demonstrera

• demonstrant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• demonstrant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)