picket
noun
a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
picketer
-
a word derived from
picket.
Example Sentences
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To entertain the swelling crowd, the unions have set up a karaoke station beneath a canopy where one picketer is belting “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Another picketer carried a sign reflecting some artificial-intelligence anxiety: “Scripts written by AI: R2-FU!” it read, with a drawn picture of a deceased R2-D2.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
On the opposite sidewalk, outside the R.E.I. on Houston Street, a single picketer held a sign that said “YOU LOST.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 30, 2016
Swami Krishnanandji, like many another holy picketer, had been taken to jail.
From Time Magazine Archive
A picketer with a little boy tells the camera, “This is for my son. I’m doing this for my son.”
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
