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Protestant vs Protester - What's the difference?

protestant | protester |

As nouns the difference between protestant and protester

is that protestant is one who protests; a protester while protester is one who protests, either singly or in a public display of group feeling.

As an adjective protestant

is alternative case form of Protestant|lang=en.

protestant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, legal) One who protests; a protester.
  • * 1915' November 3, decision in the case of the ''State of New Mexico v. Garrett'', published in '''1916''' among the ''Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Cases Relating to Public Lands'', volume 44 (edited by George J Hesselman), page 490: In the case of Hyacinthe Villeneuve a homestead entry had been allowed upon a tract of land that had been patented to the Santa Fe Railroad Company, whose grantees had expressed a willingness to reconvey in order that effect might be given to the equities of the homesteader, whereas in the present case the State stands in the position of a ' protestant .
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    protester

    English

    Alternative forms

    * protestor

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who protests, either singly or in a public display of group feeling.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}
  • (legal) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

    • Related terms

    * dissenter * dissident * demonstrator