# demonstrant
## English
### Etymology

From Latin dēmonstrant- (stem of dēmonstrāns).

### Noun

demonstrant (plural demonstrants)
* A participant in a demonstration.
** 1853, Henry Keppel, “Reply to Mr. Hume continued—His Captains—His “Gentleman”—His “Merchants”—His Prompters—Himself”, in A Visit to the Indian Archipelago, in H. M. Ship Mæander. With Portions of the Private Journal of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], page 232:Anybody who does anything in the way of business, if he can but write his name, is a “merchant;” and especially when an address is getting up by agitators of elastic conscience, content to procure an array of demonstrants numerous, if not select.
** 1920, John Bach McMaster, “The Treaty of Peace”, in The United States in the World War (1918–1920), New York, N.Y., London: D. Appleton and Company, page 341:A report from London announced that the Italian Embassy had given out the statement that in many towns the shops were closed while crowds of demonstrants paraded shouting, “Long live America! Down with Wilson!”
** 1948, Mark Gayn, Japan Diary, New York, N.Y.: William Sloane Associates, Inc., page 166:One demonstrant, with his face twisted in anger, was shouting the Japanese equivalent of “lemme at ’em.”

#### Synonyms

* demonstrator

### References

* ↑ “demonstrant”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛmonstrant]

### Noun

demonstrant m anim
* demonstrator (a person involved in a public display of group opinion)

#### Related terms

* demonstrace
* demonstrovat

## Danish
### Noun

demonstrant c (singular definite demonstranten, plural indefinite demonstranter)
* protester, demonstrator, participant in a demonstration

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “demonstrant” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin dēmōnstrāns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌdeː.mɔnˈstrɑnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: de‧mon‧strant

### Noun

demonstrant m (plural demonstranten, diminutive demonstrantje n)
* demonstrator

#### Derived terms

* tegendemonstrant

## French
### Participle

demonstrant
* present participle of demonstrer

## Latin
### Verb

dēmōnstrant
* third-person plural present active indicative of dēmōnstrō "they show; they prove"

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin through the present participle of demonstrere (demonstrate).

### Noun

demonstrant m (definite singular demonstranten, indefinite plural demonstranter, definite plural demonstrantene)
* a demonstrator

#### Derived terms

* yrkesdemonstrant

#### Related terms

* demonstrere
* demonstrasjon
* demonstrativ

### References

* “demonstrant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “demonstrant” in The Ordnett Dictionary

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin through the present participle of demonstrere / demonstrera (“demonstrate”).

### Noun

demonstrant m (definite singular demonstranten, indefinite plural demonstrantar, definite plural demonstrantane)
* a demonstrator

#### Derived terms

* yrkesdemonstrant

#### Related terms

* demonstrera/demonstrere
* demonstrasjon
* demonstrativ

### References

* “demonstrant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

From German Demonstrant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛˈmɔn.strant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔnstrant
* Syllabification: de‧mon‧strant

### Noun

demonstrant m pers (female equivalent demonstrantka)
* demonstrator (participant of a demonstration)

#### Related terms

* demonstracja
* demonstrować
* zademonstrować

### Further reading

* demonstrant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* demonstrant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian демонстрант (demonstrant).

### Noun

demonstrant m (plural demonstranți)
* demonstrator, protester

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From demonstrírati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /demǒnstrant/
* Hyphenation: de‧mon‧strant

### Noun

demònstrant, demonstrȁnt m (Cyrillic spelling демо̀нстрант, демонстра̏нт)
* demonstrator (a person involved in a public display of group opinion)

#### Declension
### References

* “demonstrant”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Noun

demonstrant c
* a demonstrator, (usually) a protester (participant in a demonstration)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | demonstrant | demonstrants |
| singular | definite | demonstranten | demonstrantens |
| plural | indefinite | demonstranter | demonstranters |
| plural | definite | demonstranterna | demonstranternas |

#### Related terms

* demonstration
* demonstrera

### References

* demonstrant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* demonstrant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)