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Meaning of REMONSTRANT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Re*mon"strant\ (-strant), a. [LL. remonstranc,
    -antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F.
    remontrant.]
    Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging
    reasons in opposition to something.
    
  2. \Re*mon"strant\, n.
    One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.), one of the
    Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the
    Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the
    decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See {Arminian}.
    
 
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