English Explanatory Dictionary

recusant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.
  2. Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.
adj
  1. Pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛkjʊzənt/

Word forms

recusant recusants

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“to refuse, decline; to object to; to protest”). See recuse.

Synonyms

Dissenter Nonconformist free churchman autem cackler refuser defier objector protester iconoclast maverick rebel refusenik renegade

Related words

recusal recusancy recuse
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