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单词 protestor
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protestorn.

Brit. /prəˈtɛstə/, U.S. /prəˈtɛstər/, /proʊˈtɛstər/
Forms: 1500s protestour, 1600s– protestor.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: protest v., -or suffix.
Etymology: < protest v. + -or suffix. Compare French protesteur (first half of the 16th cent. in an apparently isolated attestation). Compare earlier protestator n. and also protester n.With the form protestour compare -our suffix.
1. = protester n. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > one who
affirmera1425
asserterc1449
protestor?1548
affirmant?1567
avoucher1570
protester1591
assertor1646
predicator1694
allegator1847
?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) i. sig. Iiiiv The present protestours of the veryte, here lyuinge in the worlde.
c1631 Loue without Lucke ii I dare not come them nie, But may curse till I die, all false Protestors.
1684 A. Behn Love-lett. between Noble-man & Sister 118 In these fatal circumstances you have ingag'd your self in, can you secure me my Lover? your protestations you may, but not the dear Protestor.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 493 He was..a protestor for a Community of wealth, as well as of women.
1725 E. F. Haywood Injur'd Husband 176 Among the Race of Man, where is there one whose Charms can vie with those, this dear, this false Protestor boasts?
2.
a. Scottish History. Chiefly in plural and with capital initial. = protester n. 2b.
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1652 Dutch Intelligencer No. 5. 56 The Contest is still great in the Kirk of Scotland, between the Assembly men and the protestors.
1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 78 They pretend..that the generality of the Godly did adhere to the Protestors, that the Publick Resolutioners had made defection.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 55 A great division followed in the Kirk: Those who adhered to these resolutions were called the Publick Resolutioners: But against these some of those bodies protested, and they..were called the Protestors.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality v, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 98 They had parted..at the time when the Kingdom of Scotland was divided into Resolutioners and Protestors.
1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. x. 164 Urquhart of Cromarty..had lately ‘counterfeited the Protestor’.
1900 U.P. Mag. May 209/2 When the foundations of the Protestor Synod were laid [1737–8], he was one of seven.
2000 M. Bennett Civil Wars Experienced vi. 143 The mistaken purpose was the root of the divisions between the Presbyterians themselves into Resolutioners and Protestors.
b. = protester n. 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun] > protestor
reclaimantc1600
remonstrancer1618
protester?1626
remonstrant1641
remonstrator1646
remonstranter1650
protestor1659
Protestant1853
1659 P. Heylyn Examen Historicum i. 230 An hundred forty four persons, whereof the thirty six Protestors (if so many they were) make the fourth part only.
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 5 Feb. (O.H.S.) I. 178 Dr. Cawley was the more taken notice of upon Acct of his Being one of the Protestors.
1780 Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 121/2 He contended, that the protestors..possessed property equal, if not superior, to the petitioners.
1784 J. Brown Compend. Hist. Brit. Churches II. 261 To see the pre-apprehensions of the protestors so fearfully verified.
1864 A. B. Longstreet Master William Mitten xix. 165 Ye protestors against the doctrine of native depravity, explain this matter, if you please.
1885 Manch. Examiner 13 Feb. 5/1 It is asserted by the protestors that three names should have been so forwarded.
1930 Times 13 Dec. 10/3 The auctioneer requested the protestor..to register any protest which he wished to make at the office of the firm.
1986 Folklore 97 104 The cunning lad who was up to any situation, a permanent protestor against the narrowness of the bourgeoisie.
c. = protester n. 2c.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > militant person > protester or demonstrator
protestator1468
protester1827
demonstrant1838
demonstrationist1838
demonstrator1838
protestor1854
marcher1908
refusenik1981
1854 U.S. Rev. July 90 That there is a not small class of preachers of the Gospel..whose names are among the protestors..is not less notorious than that all such preachers are zealous members and leaders of the cold steel wing of the Abolition party.
1902 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 20 247 The protestors are from the Southern states, and their protest seems peculiarly pertinent at this time, when the prevailing conditions of child labor in these states are attracting so much attention.
1968 A. H. Barton in Publ. Opinion Q. 32 334 A student rally..culminated in the occupation of Hamilton Hall by groups of protestors.
1995 Sunday Sun (Baltimore) 26 Feb. c3/2 The House moved last week to protect protestors from lawsuits designed specifically to muzzle their objections.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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