Meaning of DISSENTER
| Pronunciation: | | di'sentur
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person who dissents from some established policy |
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| | Synonyms: | | contestant, dissident, objector, protester |
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| | See Also: | | CO, conscientious objector, human, individual, mortal, nonconformist, person, political dissident, recusant, somebody, someone, soul | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis*sent"er\, n.
1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares
his disagreement.
2. (Eccl.) One who separates from the service and worship of
an established church; especially, one who disputes the
authority or tenets of the Church of England; a
nonconformist.
Dissenters from the establishment of their several
countries. --Burke.
Robert Brown is said to have the first formal
dissenter. --Shipley.
Note: ``The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The
Roman Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct
class.'' --Brande & C.
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| | Related Terms: | | apostate, beatnik, Bohemian, demurrer, deviant, dissentient, dissident, dropout, Evangelical, flower child, freak, heretic, hippie, maverick, misbeliever, misfit, non-Catholic, nonconformist, nonjuror, objector, opinionist, opposition voice, original, Protestant, protester, recusant, Reformationist, Reformed believer, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, separatist, swinger, ugly duckling, unconformist, yippie, Zwinglian |
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