单词 | protestator |
释义 | protestatorn. Now rare. A person who protests; spec. = protester n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > militant person > protester or demonstrator protestator1468 protester1827 demonstrant1838 demonstrationist1838 demonstrator1838 protestor1854 marcher1908 refusenik1981 1468 Burgh Court Bk. Newburgh f. 31 Protestatoris for Wylȝam Ionsone mayd a protestation that thar suld na ratowr na breff suld be dysydyt. 1665 G. Keith Help in Time of Need 43 Yee became divided into two parties or factions called Protestators, and publick resolutione[r]s; and your brethren charged you, who either protested, or adhered to the Protestation, with breaking the peace of the Church, and disobedience to its Authority. a1691 G. Mackenzie Mem. Affairs Scotl. (1821) 15 Thus the presbyterians were divided by a third schism; the two opposite parties bearing..the names of Protestators and Assembly-men. 1712 J. Oldmixon Secret Hist. Europe I. 170 The Court Lords, and the Bishops, fell furiously upon the Protestators. 1864 J. W. Draper Hist. Intellect. Developm. Europe 410 The protestator of the Greek emperor is accused of a conspiracy against his master's life by making invisible men. 1916 J. C. Bracq Provocation of France x. 121 The German candidates had 13,000 votes, the Clericals 20,000, but the protestators had 133,000. 1969 Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 2 Apr. 4/6 There are those among the protestators who truly seek reform. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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