单词 | demonstrant |
释义 | demonstrantn.ΚΠ 1682 V. Mandey tr. T. Hobbes Some Princ. & Probl. Geom. iii. xi, in V. Mandey Mellificium Mensionis 174 This is the plain use of Definitions, that he to whom a Demonstration is made, may understand what certain and universal signification of the word, the Demonstrant [L. demonstrantem] would have taken. 2. A protestor; = demonstrator n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > militant person > protester or demonstrator protestator1468 protester1827 demonstrant1838 demonstrationist1838 demonstrator1838 protestor1854 marcher1908 refusenik1981 1838 Essex Standard 30 Nov. 2/6 We were not much dismayed by these demonstrants—considering their reproaches as our highest encomiums. 1868 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Aug. 3 The demonstrants would, in any case, have been obliged to seek shelter. 1887 Sc. Leader 14 Nov. 5 Mingling with the more respectable part of the demonstrants are a great many roughs. 1919 Continent 20 Mar. 326/1 The demonstrations by the Koreans are declared to have been..orderly until the demonstrants were charged by gendarmes. 2007 V. Vida Let Northern Lights erase your Name (2008) 190 The company would pick up more demonstrants in Alta and bring them back to the protest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1682 |
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