protestor

protestor

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English protest
English -or
English protestor

    From protest + -or.

    Noun

    protestor (plural protestors)

    1. Alternative spelling of protester.
      • 2013, Julian Sher, Somebody's Daughter:
        No flashy dressers, skimpily dressed starlets, or celebrities stepping out of stretch limos. Instead, on a warm Friday evening in June 2009, one hundred protestors sang prayers, chanted slogans, and carried signs […]
      • 2020 December 16, Nigel Harris interviews Mark Thurston, “HS2 is still the right thing to do...”, in Rail, page 43:
        We also talk about dealing with protestors, whose actions are creating additional costs of tens of millions of pounds.

    Derived terms

    Latin

    Etymology

    From prō- +‎ testor.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    prōtestor (present infinitive prōtestārī, perfect active prōtestātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

    1. to testify, bear witness, attest
    2. to protest

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of prōtestor (first conjugation, deponent)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present prōtestor prōtestāris,
    prōtestāre     		prōtestātur prōtestāmur prōtestāminī prōtestantur
    imperfect prōtestābar prōtestābāris,
    prōtestābāre     		prōtestābātur prōtestābāmur prōtestābāminī prōtestābantur
    future prōtestābor prōtestāberis,
    prōtestābere     		prōtestābitur prōtestābimur prōtestābiminī prōtestābuntur
    perfect prōtestātus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect prōtestātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect prōtestātus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present prōtester prōtestēris,
    prōtestēre     		prōtestētur prōtestēmur prōtestēminī prōtestentur
    imperfect prōtestārer prōtestārēris,
    prōtestārēre     		prōtestārētur prōtestārēmur prōtestārēminī prōtestārentur
    perfect prōtestātus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect prōtestātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — prōtestāre — — prōtestāminī —
    future — prōtestātor prōtestātor — — prōtestantor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present prōtestārī — prōtestāns —
    future prōtestātūrum esse — prōtestātūrus prōtestandus
    perfect prōtestātum esse — prōtestātus —
    future perfect prōtestātum fore — — —
    perfect potential prōtestātūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    prōtestandī prōtestandō prōtestandum prōtestandō prōtestātum prōtestātū

    Descendants

    • Catalan: protestar
    • English: protest
    • French: protester
    • Galician: protestar
    • Italian: protestare
    • Portuguese: protestar
    • Romanian: protesta
    • Spanish: protestar

    References

    • “protestor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “protestor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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