dissenter (noun)

  • 1dissenter — ► NOUN 1) a person who dissents. 2) (Dissenter) Brit. historical a member of a non established Church; a Nonconformist …

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  • 2dissenter — 1630s, in 17c. especially of religions (with a capital D from 1670s); agent noun from DISSENT (Cf. dissent) …

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  • 3dissenter — noun a person who dissents. ↘(Dissenter) Brit. historical a member of a non established Church; a Nonconformist …

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  • 4dissenter — noun Date: 1639 1. one that dissents 2. capitalized an English Nonconformist …

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  • 5dissenter — noun someone who dissents (disagrees), especially from an established church …

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  • 6dissenter — noun a chorus of criticism from dissenters Syn: dissident, objector, protester, disputant; rebel, renegade, maverick, independent; apostate, heretic …

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  • 7dissenter — UK [dɪˈsentə(r)] / US [dɪˈsentər] noun [countable] Word forms dissenter : singular dissenter plural dissenters someone who strongly disagrees with something …

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  • 8dissenter — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dissident, separatist, heretic, objector; see nonconformist , protester , rebel 1 , skeptic . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who dissents from the doctrine of an established church: dissident, heretic,… …

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  • 9dissenter — dis|sent|er [ dı sentər ] noun count someone who strongly disagrees with something …

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  • 10dissenter — /dəˈsɛntə/ (say duh sentuh) noun 1. someone who dissents in any matter; someone who disagrees with any opinion. 2. (sometimes upper case) a person, now especially a Protestant, who dissents from the established church …