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remonstrant

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re⋅mon⋅strant

  [ri-mon-struhnt]
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–adjective
1. remonstrating; expostulatory.
–noun
2. a person who remonstrates.
3. (initial capital letter) one of the Dutch Arminians whose doctrinal differences from strict Calvinists were set forth in 1610.
Origin:
1610–20; < ML remōnstrant- (s. of remōnstrāns, prp. of remōnstrāre). See remonstrate, -ant

Related forms:
re⋅mon⋅strant⋅ly, adverb
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re·mon·strant   (rĭ-mŏn'strənt)   
adj.  Characterized by remonstrance; expostulatory.
n.  

  1. One that remonstrates.

  2. Remonstrant One of the Dutch Arminians who, in 1610, formally stated the grounds of their dissent from strict Calvinism.

re·mon'strant·ly adv.
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