counterprotestern.
/ˈkaʊntəprəˌtɛstə/, U.S. /ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌproʊˌtɛstər/ A person who makes a counterprotest; (in later use spec.) a person who takes part in a public protest or demonstration held in opposition to another protest.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > militant person > protester or demonstrator > types of protester or demonstrator
counterprotester1863
hunger-marcher1908
peace marcher1918
sit-downer1936
sit-inner1936
protest marcher1947
sitter1960
freedom rider1961
sit-in1961
sitter-in1961
live-in1964
protest singer1966
1863 Sporting Mag. Aug. 88 The sneer is quite as applicable to the protesters as the counter-protesters.
1882 Earl of Crawford Earldom of Mar II. p. xli We have fifteen protesting peers, as against two counter-protesters supported by three other peers.
1957 Manch. Guardian 1 July 3/4 In Oxford and Cambridge the protest meetings were packed, and some were broken up by organised armies of counter-protesters.
2015 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 12 Mar. a1/1 The white nationalists were met by a crowd of counter protesters decrying racism.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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