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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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • counterdemonstrator noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of demonstrator1

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

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The protests reached a pivotal point at the weekend when mutinous soldiers and security forces joined the demonstrators and called for the president and other government ministers to step down.

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The online movement, a driving force behind more than two weeks of near-nightly protests in the kingdom, called for demonstrators to take part in sit-ins Saturday in cities across the country.

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Rajoelina has not appeared in public since last Wednesday, fuelling speculation among demonstrators that he may have fled the country.

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Minutes later, Bovino’s agents joined state police on the front lines, pushing demonstrators back and arresting several.

He had separately called for such protests to be postponed after the terror attack at a synagogue in Manchester last week, which killed two Jewish people - urging demonstrators to "respect the grief of British Jews".

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