protester

Noun
  1. A person who dissents from some established policy (synset 110037746)
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    subtypes:
    • co, conscientious objector - one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience
    • nonconformist, recusant - someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
    • political dissident - a dissenter from political orthodoxy
    • nimby - someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
    same as: contestant, dissenter, dissident, objector
  2. Someone who participates in a public display of group feeling (synset 110022422)
    is a type of: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reform
    subtypes:
    • counterdemonstrator - someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration
    • picket - a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
    same as: demonstrator

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