protest

From the Middle English verb protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin prōtestārī, present active infinitive of prōtestor, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).

Noun

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.tɛst/
• (US) enPR: prōʹtĕst, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.tɛst/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧test

Verb

• enPR: prə.tĕstʹ, IPA^(key): /pɹəˈtɛst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: pro‧test

protest (third-person singular simple present protests, present participle protesting, simple past and past participle protested)

1. (intransitive) To make a strong objection.

   How dare you, I protest!

   The public took to the streets to protest over the planned change to the law.

   • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, OCLC 5661828:

     As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.

   • 2009, Cuba:

     U.S. and European protested against Spanish conduct in Cuba.

2. (transitive) To affirm (something).

   I protest my innocence.

   I do protest and declare …

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare

     I will protest your cowardice.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

     Our youth, now, emboldened with his success, resolved to push the matter farther, and ventured even to beg her recommendation of him to her father's service; protesting that he thought him one of the honestest fellows in the country, and extremely well qualified for the place of a gamekeeper, which luckily then happened to be vacant.

   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, Ch.8

     She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.

3. (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to.

   They protested the demolition of the school.

4. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.

5. (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.

protest (plural protests)

1. A formal objection, especially one by a group.

   They lodged a protest with the authorities.

2. A collective gesture of disapproval: a demonstration.
   • 2013 August 10, “http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21583277-worlds-biggest-polluter-going-green-it-needs-speed-up-transition-can-china Can China clean up fast enough?]”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.

   We held a protest in front of City Hall.

• dissent
• objection
• protestation

• Potters, potters, spotter, strepto-

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protest m

1. protest

• protestní
• protestovat
• protestant
• protestantismus
• protestantský
• protestantství

• protest in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• protest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /proːˈtɛst/
• Hyphenation: pro‧test
• Rhymes: -ɛst

protest n (plural protesten, diminutive protestje n)

1. protest (rally to express dissatisfaction)
2. protest (expression of disagreement)

From Latin protestari, as for protestere

protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protester, definite plural protestene)

1. a protest

• protestere

• “protest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin protestari

protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protestar, definite plural protestane)

1. a protest

• “protest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.tɛst/

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protest m inan

1. protest (formal objection)
2. protest (demonstration)

• demonstracja

• protestant, protestantka
• protestować, zaprotestować

• protest in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From German Protest.

• IPA^(key): /prǒtest/
• Hyphenation: pro‧test

pròtest m (Cyrillic spelling про̀тест)

1. protest

• pròsvjed

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protest c

1. protest

• protestera
• protestant