Word Meanings - PROTESTATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who makes protestation; a protester.

Related words: (words related to PROTESTATOR)

• PROTESTATION
  Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial. (more info) 1.
• PROTESTER
  One who protests a bill of exchange, or note. (more info) 1. One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration. Shak.
• MAKESHIFT
  That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.