remonstrant

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noun

One who remonstrates, or issues (usually formal and written) protestations.

OriginDutch remonstrant ← Latin remōnstrāns →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

remonstrant1

nounremonstrant (plural remonstrants)

plural remonstrants

  1. One who remonstrates, or issues (usually formal and written) protestations.
adjectiveremonstrant (comparative more remonstrant, superlative most remonstrant)

comparative more remonstrant · superlative most remonstrant

  1. Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.

Remonstrant2

nounRemonstrant (plural Remonstrants)

plural Remonstrants

  1. historicalChristianityA member of the Dutch Arminians whose divergence from Calvinism was expressed in five articles in the Remonstrance of 1610; subsequently a member of the liberal Protestant denomination that developed from this group.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
free-willerprotester

Origin

  1. Latinremōnstrāns
  2. Dutchremonstrant
  3. EnglishRemonstrant

Borrowed from Dutch remonstrant, from Latin remōnstrāns.

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APA

remonstrant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remonstrant

MLA

“remonstrant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remonstrant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remonstrant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remonstrant.

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