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dissenter

[ dih-sen-ter ]

noun

  1. a person who dissents, as from an established church, political party, or majority opinion.
  2. (sometimes initial capital letter) an English Protestant who dissents from the Church of England.


Dissenter

/ dɪˈsɛntə /

noun

  1. Christianity a Nonconformist or a person who refuses to conform to the established church


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dissenter1

First recorded in 1630–40; dissent + -er 1

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Example Sentences

I think you should give the dissenter the respect to respond to the points that he makes.

Among the committee members, Meretz MK Zehava Gal-On was the sole dissenter.

By expressing my doubts, I am clearly a dissenter in this persistent force for progress.

McCain thinks of himself as a maverick, an unorthodox thinker, a dissenter.

I wanted to see a live Dissenter, I believe, and yet I wished it were over.

New-Rochelle was then a parish, and its rector, of course, considered the French preacher a dissenter.

The four lieutenants stepped out of the way, so that the single dissenter might stand alone.

The squire was interested in the land and the church; the merchant thought more of commerce and was apt to be a dissenter.

I heard an earnest middle-aged dissenter preach a sermon on that text a few days ago.

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