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• n  a person who dissents from some established policy
• n  someone who participates in a public display of group feeling

• One phone company tried cutting off the service of a Mississippi protester.
• Rather they were spoken by black Olympic Gold Medalist Lee Evans, a militant protester against white racism during the 1960s.
• One witness said there were three soldiers in full riot gear for every protester and that there were guard dogs and Basij wielding metal pipes to dissuade would-be demonstrators .

• dissenter
• dissident
• objector
• contestant
• demonstrator

News & Articles

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• Judge sides with arrested Supreme Court protester
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled in favor of a protester arrested two years ago while demonstrating on the plaza of the U.S. Supreme Court.
  June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Protester killed outside Iran's Beirut embassy
  BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese protester was killed outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut on Sunday after gunmen from the Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia Hezbollah opened fire when anti-Hezbollah Shi'ite demonstrators approached, witnesses and officials said. The Lebanese army deployed tanks and erected roadblocks across Beirut following the shooting, fearing a flare-up in sectarian and factional ...
  June 9, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Protester Dies in Clash That Apparently Involved Hezbollah Supporters
  A protester was shot and killed near the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, apparently in a clash between supporters and opponents of Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese Shiite Muslim organization.
  June 9, 2013 - New York Times