Chiefly in plural. In later use frequently with capital initial. (A name applied to) a member of a group of Puritans of the Elizabethan age, who…

= disciplinarian, n. 1. Obsolete.

A Presbyterian.

A member of a Presbyterian church (see sense B. 1); an adherent of the Presbyterian system.

A member or supporter of the Kirk or Church of Scotland. Cf. churchman, n. 3, and with early quots. cf. Kirkist, n.

A Presbyterian. Obsolete.

= Presbyterian, n. Obsolete. rare.

a Presbyterian.

A member or supporter of the Kirk or Church of Scotland. Now chiefly in Auld Kirker n. at Auld Kirk, n. derivatives. Cf. Free Kirker n. at Free Kirk…

A member or supporter of the Kirk or Church of Scotland.

Originally: a Covenanter from the West of Scotland, esp. one who participated in the 1648 raid on Edinburgh (see compounds 1). Later more generally…

Scottish. A nickname for: an adherent or supporter of the National Covenant of 1638; a Covenanter; (more generally) an adherent of the…

A warm disputant or preacher.

a Presbyterian (cf. 2b).

= Presbyterian, n.

An adherent or follower of John Knox (1505–72), the Scottish Reformer who was mainly responsible for establishing the Presbyterian Church.

derogatory (now historical). A nickname for: an excessively moralistic person; a Presbyterian.

a member or supporter of the Church of Scotland; = Kirker, n.; cf. Free Kirker n. at Free Kirk, n. derivatives.

Usually derogatory. A nickname for: a Presbyterian. Now rare.