Definition of Covenanter in English:
Covenanter
nounˈkʌv(ə)nəntəˈkəv(ə)nəntər
(in 17th-century Scotland) an adherent of the National Covenant (1638) or of the Solemn League and Covenant (1643), upholding the organization of the Scottish Presbyterian Church.
See also covenantor
Example sentencesExamples
- Drawn from all parts of Scotland and all sections of society, Covenanters subscribed to the National Covenant of 1638.
- If you go right here and follow the path for a few hundred yards, you reach a memorial to six Covenanters shot dead in 1685.
- She had stood for truth above compromise in those cruel and difficult days for the Scottish Covenanters of 1685.
- Radical Covenanters managed to defeat Turner at the battle of Drumclog in 1679.
- After the defeat of the Scottish Covenanters at Bothwell Brig in 1687, a new wave of Scottish refugees came to Ulster.
Definition of Covenanter in US English:
Covenanter
nounˈkəv(ə)nəntərˈkəv(ə)nəntər
(in 17th-century Scotland) an adherent of the National Covenant (1638) or of the Solemn League and Covenant (1643), upholding the organization of the Scottish Presbyterian Church.
See also covenantor
Example sentencesExamples
- She had stood for truth above compromise in those cruel and difficult days for the Scottish Covenanters of 1685.
- If you go right here and follow the path for a few hundred yards, you reach a memorial to six Covenanters shot dead in 1685.
- After the defeat of the Scottish Covenanters at Bothwell Brig in 1687, a new wave of Scottish refugees came to Ulster.
- Drawn from all parts of Scotland and all sections of society, Covenanters subscribed to the National Covenant of 1638.
- Radical Covenanters managed to defeat Turner at the battle of Drumclog in 1679.