English Explanatory Dictionary

protestant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Protestant.
  2. Protesting.
noun
  1. One who protests; a protester.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Protestant.
noun
  1. A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later).
  2. A member of the Church of England or Church of Ireland, as distinct from Protestant nonconformists or dissenters.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-protestant.wav /ˈpɹɒtɪstənt/ /ˈpɹɑtɪstənt/

Word forms

protestant more protestant most protestant protestants

Etymology

See Protestant. The legal sense either has the same source or is simply protest + -ant.

Synonyms

Christian

Derived words

antiprotestant Prod Proddy Protestantish Protestantism Protestantize Protestantly protoprotestant unprotestant WASP anti-Protestant crypto-Protestant non-Protestant post-Protestant pre-Protestant pro-Protestant pseudo-Protestant Protestant Cay
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