counterdemonstrator

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ demonstrator

Noun

counterdemonstrator (plural counterdemonstrators)

  1. Someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration that is happening nearby at the same time
    • 1988 June 3, Elliot Zashin, “Demonstration: An Incomplete Picture”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      I don't condone the crude and racist slogans that spontaneous counterdemonstrators yelled at the pro-Palestinian protestors.
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