About The Word Dissenter
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Dissenter
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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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