protester - Definition | Dictionary definition of protester

Definition of protester

a person who dissents from some established policy

Examples:: Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918)

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; 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; beat, beatnik
a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior; bohemian
a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life; enfant terrible
a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others; heretic
a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion); maverick, rebel
someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action; 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

someone who participates in a public display of group feeling

Types:: counterdemonstrator
someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration; picket
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work

Type of:: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer
a disputant who advocates reform