demonstrant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of demonstrant
1865–70; < Latin dēmonstrant- (stem of dēmonstrāns ), present participle of dēmonstrāre to show. See demonstrate, -ant
Example Sentences
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—The poet Gray, writing to his friend Mr. West, asks him to guess where the following description of a dimple is found: "Sigilla in mento inpressa Amoris digitulo Vestigio demonstrant mollitudinem."
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In his omnibus mens doctissimi auctoris paulo clarius explicanda videtur, ne quis inde occasionem sumat vim elevandi argumentorum quae Dei existentiam demonstrant.
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Inter omnes qualitates, figurae maxime sequuntur et demonstrant speciem rerum.
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"Sigilla in mento impressa Amoris digitulo Vestigio demonstrant mollitudinem."
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Bracton adopts some of the best known among the definitions and maxims of Roman law: "Filius hæres legittimus est quando nuptiæ demonstrant," vol. ii. p.
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