counterdemonstrator
English
Etymology
counter- + demonstrator
Noun
counterdemonstrator (plural counterdemonstrators)
- Someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration that is happening nearby at the same time
- 1988 June 3, Elliot Zashin, “Demonstration: An Incomplete Picture”, in Chicago Reader:
- I don't condone the crude and racist slogans that spontaneous counterdemonstrators yelled at the pro-Palestinian protestors.
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Related terms
- counterdemonstration