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Prot, n. and a.|prɒt|
Also prot.
A colloq. abbrev. of Protestant n. 2 a and a. 1; spec. opp. to Catholic (freq. in derog. or contemptuous use). Cf. Prod n.3 and a.
1725J. Thornton Let. in Dublin Rev. (1916) Apr. 318 Sir George Brown, I hear, is got to Gant, there be-moaning his folly in having tied himself up to an old Prot, who cunningly settled all she had out of his reach. 1737R. Challoner Let. 15 Sept. in Recusant Hist. (1970) X. 351 Our Prelate here, has..absolutely refused to consent to the Parties being married first by a Priest and then by a Prot. minister. 1843M. Edgeworth Let. 3 Dec. (1971) 599 The average salary of the Irish priest is {pstlg}290 per Annum and average of Prot—{pstlg}120 or {pstlg}130. 1900C. M. Yonge Modern Broods v. 50 Oh, she is a regular old Prot..almost a Dissenter. 1900M. Creighton Let. 16 Nov. (1904) II. 454 The position was ‘I would meet you if I could: but I am not going to be bullied by a handful of Prots.’ 1937Auden & MacNeice Lett. from Iceland xiii. 204, I know a Prot Will never really kneel, but only squat. 1955E. Pound Section: Rock-Drill (1957) lxxxvi. 24 Yes yr/ Holiness, they are all of them prots. 1971B. Sleigh Smell of Privet x. 87 ‘You must never say cup, always chalice. Don't be such a Prot, my dear!’ I had no idea what a ‘Prot’ was, but vowed to myself I would never be one again. 1977P. Way Super-Celeste 100 Back in Belfast..there were Prot bombs and Catholic bombs and SAS bombs. |