[syn: demonstrator, protester]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Demonstrator \Dem"on*stra`tor\ (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F.
d['e]monstrateur.]
1. One who demonstrates; specif.
(a) one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes
it by indubitable evidence.
(b) one who shows how a certain device operates or a
procedure is performed.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) A teacher of practical anatomy.
[1913 Webster]
3. a person who participates in a demonstration[7].
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
demonstrator
n 1: a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the
principles that are being taught
2: someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
[syn: demonstrator, sales demonstrator]
3: someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
[syn: demonstrator, protester]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "demonstrator":
allegorist, annotator, cicerone, clarifier, commentator, critic,
cryptanalyst, cryptographer, cryptologist, decoder, definer,
demythologizer, diaskeuast, dragoman, editor, emendator, emender,
euhemerist, exegesist, exegete, exegetist, explainer, explicator,
exponent, expositor, expounder, go-between, guide, hermeneut,
interpreter, lexicographer, metaphrast, oneirocritic, paraphrast,
picket, picket line, picketer, scholiast, textual critic,
translator