demonstrant

[duh-mon-struhnt]

noun

1. demonstrator.

Word History and Origins

Origin of demonstrant¹

1865–70; < Latin dēmonstrant- (stem of dēmonstrāns ), present participle of dēmonstrāre to show. See demonstrate, -ant

Example Sentences

—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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Therefore, the woman accused of adultery was guiltless; and the father of the surculi masculi found at home by the returned gunner, was no other than he, the nuptiæ demonstrant.

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"Sigilla in mento impressa Amoris digitulo Vestigio demonstrant mollitudinem."

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