Usually means: Expressing dissent against something publicly.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. protest: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. protest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. protest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. protest: Collins English Dictionary
  5. protest: Vocabulary.com
  6. Protest, protest: Wordnik
  7. protest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. protest: Wiktionary
  9. protest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. protest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. protest: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. protest: Dictionary.com
  13. protest: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. protest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Protest (album), Protest (disambiguation), Protest (film), Protest, Protest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Protest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. protest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. protest: Rhymezone
  19. Protest(aktion), Protest, protest (het): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. protest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. protest: Free Dictionary
  22. protest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. protest: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. protest: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. protest: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  6. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  8. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  9. protest: Legal dictionary
  10. Protest: Financial dictionary
  11. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. protest: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. protest: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. protest: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Protest: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
verb:  (transitive) To affirm (something).
verb:  (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to; to protest against.
verb:  To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
verb:  (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.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To publish; to make known.
noun:  A formal objection, especially one by a group.
noun:  A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
noun:  The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
noun:  A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.

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