dissenter

dis·sent·er

D0287700 (dĭ-sĕn′tər)n.1. One who dissents: political dissenters.2. often Dissenter One who refuses to accept the doctrines or usages of an established or a national church, especially a Protestant who dissents from the Church of England.

dissenter

(dɪˈsɛntə) n (Ecclesiastical Terms) (also capital) Christianity chiefly Brit a Nonconformist or a person who refuses to conform to the established church

dis•sent•er

(dɪˈsɛn tər)

n. 1. a person who dissents, as from an established church or political party. 2. (sometimes cap.) a person who dissents from the Church of England. [1630–40]

Thesaurus

Noun

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dissenter - a person who dissents from some established policydissident, objector, protester, contestantindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"conscientious objector, CO - one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of consciencerecusant, nonconformist - someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conductpolitical dissident - a dissenter from political orthodoxyNIMBY - someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard

dissenter

noun objector, dissident, nonconformist, protestant, disputant They do not tolerate dissenters in their ranks.

dissenter

nounA person who dissents from the doctrine of an established church:dissident, heretic, nonconformist, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, separationist, separatist.

Translations

Abweichlerdissidente