demonstrant

See also: Demonstrant

English

Etymology

From Latin dēmonstrant- (stem of dēmonstrāns).

Noun

demonstrant (plural demonstrants)

1. A participant in a demonstration.
   • 1853, Henry Keppel, “Reply to Mr. Hume continued—His Captains—His “Gentleman”—His “Merchants”—His Prompters—Himself”, in A Visit to the Indian Archipelago, in H. M. Ship Mæander. With Portions of the Private Journal of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], page 232:

     Anybody who does anything in the way of business, if he can but write his name, is a “merchant;” and especially when an address is getting up by agitators of elastic conscience, content to procure an array of demonstrants numerous, if not select.

   • 1920, John Bach McMaster, “The Treaty of Peace”, in The United States in the World War (1918–1920), New York, N.Y., London: D. Appleton and Company, page 341:

     A report from London announced that the Italian Embassy had given out the statement that in many towns the shops were closed while crowds of demonstrants paraded shouting, “Long live America! Down with Wilson!”

   • 1948, Mark Gayn, Japan Diary, New York, N.Y.: William Sloane Associates, Inc., page 166:

     One demonstrant, with his face twisted in anger, was shouting the Japanese equivalent of “lemme at ’em.”

Synonyms

• demonstrator

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛmonstrant]

Noun

demonstrant m anim

1. demonstrator (a person involved in a public display of group opinion)

Declension

Declension of demonstrant (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	demonstrant	demonstranti
genitive	demonstranta	demonstrantů
dative	demonstrantovi, demonstrantu	demonstrantům
accusative	demonstranta	demonstranty
vocative	demonstrante	demonstranti
locative	demonstrantovi, demonstrantu	demonstrantech
instrumental	demonstrantem	demonstranty

Related terms

• demonstrace
• demonstrovat

 

Danish

Noun

demonstrant c (singular definite demonstranten, plural indefinite demonstranter)

1. protester, demonstrator, participant in a demonstration

Declension

Declension of demonstrant

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	demonstrant	demonstranten	demonstranter	demonstranterne
genitive	demonstrants	demonstrantens	demonstranters	demonstranternes

Further reading

• “demonstrant” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin dēmōnstrāns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeː.mɔnˈstrɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: de‧mon‧strant

Noun

demonstrant m (plural demonstranten, diminutive demonstrantje n)

1. demonstrator

Derived terms

• tegendemonstrant

French

Participle

demonstrant

1. present participle of demonstrer

Latin

Verb

dēmōnstrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dēmōnstrō  "they show; they prove"

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin through the present participle of demonstrere (demonstrate).

Noun

demonstrant m (definite singular demonstranten, indefinite plural demonstranter, definite plural demonstrantene)

1. a demonstrator

Derived terms

• yrkesdemonstrant

Related terms

• demonstrere
• demonstrasjon
• demonstrativ

References

• “demonstrant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “demonstrant” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin through the present participle of demonstrere / demonstrera (“demonstrate”).

Noun

demonstrant m (definite singular demonstranten, indefinite plural demonstrantar, definite plural demonstrantane)

1. a demonstrator

Derived terms

• yrkesdemonstrant

Related terms

• demonstrera/demonstrere
• demonstrasjon
• demonstrativ

References

• “demonstrant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From German Demonstrant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈmɔn.strant/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnstrant
• Syllabification: de‧mon‧strant

Noun

demonstrant m pers (female equivalent demonstrantka)

1. demonstrator (participant of a demonstration)

Declension

Declension of demonstrant

	singular	plural
nominative	demonstrant	demonstranci
genitive	demonstranta	demonstrantów
dative	demonstrantowi	demonstrantom
accusative	demonstranta	demonstrantów
instrumental	demonstrantem	demonstrantami
locative	demonstrancie	demonstrantach
vocative	demonstrancie	demonstranci

Related terms

• demonstracja
• demonstrować
• zademonstrować

 

Further reading

• demonstrant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• demonstrant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian демонстрант (demonstrant).

Noun

demonstrant m (plural demonstranți)

1. demonstrator, protester

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	demonstrant	demonstrantul		demonstranți	demonstranții
genitive-dative	demonstrant	demonstrantului		demonstranți	demonstranților
vocative	demonstrantule			demonstranților

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From demonstrírati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /demǒnstrant/
• Hyphenation: de‧mon‧strant

Noun

demònstrant, demonstrȁnt m (Cyrillic spelling демо̀нстрант, демонстра̏нт)

1. demonstrator (a person involved in a public display of group opinion)

Declension

Declension of demonstrant

	singular	plural
nominative	demònstrant	demonstranti
genitive	demonstranta	demònstranātā
dative	demonstrantu	demonstrantima
accusative	demonstranta	demonstrante
vocative	demonstrante	demonstranti
locative	demonstrantu	demonstrantima
instrumental	demonstrantom	demonstrantima

References

• “demonstrant”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Noun

demonstrant c

1. a demonstrator, (usually) a protester (participant in a demonstration)

Declension

Declension of demonstrant

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	demonstrant	demonstrants
	definite	demonstranten	demonstrantens
plural	indefinite	demonstranter	demonstranters
	definite	demonstranterna	demonstranternas

Related terms

• demonstration
• demonstrera

References

• demonstrant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• demonstrant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)