demonstrator

demonstrate +‎ -or

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

demonstrator (plural demonstrators)

1. One who demonstrates anything, or proves beyond doubt.
2. The forefinger.
3. One who takes part in a demonstration; a protester.
4. One who demonstrates products in a retail environment; a merchandiser.
5. An item, particularly a vehicle, used in demonstrations to a customer or user.
   • 2006, Ellie Lewis, Promoting the Health and Well-being of Young People in Supported Housing, page 56:

     Young people have been involved in choosing which resources and educational toys are used to deliver sex and relationship education – including leaflets, videos and condom demonstrators.

6. An assistant to a lecturer.
7. One who teaches anatomy from the dissected parts.

• See Thesaurus:index finger

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.monˈstraː.tor/, [d̪eːmõːˈs̠t̪räːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.monˈstra.tor/, [d̪emonˈst̪räːt̪or]

dēmōnstrō (“to point out”) +‎ -tor

dēmōnstrātor m (genitive dēmōnstrātōris); third declension

1. one who, or that which, points out or demonstrates; an indicator, guide

Third-declension noun.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dēmōnstrātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dēmōnstrō

• “demonstrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “demonstrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• demonstrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Borrowed from French démonstrateur.

demonstrator m or n (feminine singular demonstratoare, masculine plural demonstratori, feminine and neuter plural demonstratoare)

1. demonstrator

• demonstrator in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN