remonstrant

remonstrant (plural remonstrants)

1. One who remonstrates, or issues (usually formal and written) protestations.

remonstrant (comparative more remonstrant, superlative most remonstrant)

1. Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.

• Remonstrant (dated, superseded)

Borrowed from Latin remōnstrāns. The religious meaning derives from the Remonstrance provided to the States of Holland in 1610, after remonstrantie.

• IPA^(key): /ˌreː.mɔnˈstrɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: re‧mon‧strant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

remonstrant m (plural remonstranten, diminutive remonstrantje n)

1. Remonstrant (Arminian) [from 1610]
2. (obsolete) remonstrant, objector [16th–17th c.]

• contraremonstrant
• remonstrantisme
• remonstrants

• → English: Remonstrant