Etymology

nonjuror

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Today it means: Someone who refuses to swear a particular oath, specifically a clergyman who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689. Full definition →

First used 17th c.
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From non- + juror.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 17th c. Someone who refuses to swear a particular oath, specifically a clergyman who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689.
  • from 19th c. One who is not a juror.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.