"Protestant" means a person filing a protest pursuant to NRS 533.365 with the Office of the State Engineer against an application to appropriate water or to change the place of diversion, manner of use or place of use of an existing water right, or a successor in interest to a protestant as set forth in NRS 533.370.
Nev. Admin. Code § 533.080
NRS 532.120, 533.365, 533.370