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Dissenter

Dissenter Meaning & Definition
Dissenter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dissenter?

[n] a person who dissents from some established policy

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dissenter: contestant | dissident | objector | protester

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dissenter: 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

See Also | CO | conscientious objector | human | individual | mortal | nonconformist | person | political dissident | recusant | somebody | someone | soul

Dissenter In Webster's Dictionary

\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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