remonstrant
remonstrant noun: one who remonstrates, or issues (usually formal and written) protestations.
Noun (1)
remonstrant (plural remonstrants)
- One who remonstrates, or issues (usually formal and written) protestations.
Adjective
remonstrant (comparative more remonstrant, superlative most remonstrant)
- Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.
Noun (2) capitalized: Remonstrant
Remonstrant (plural Remonstrants)
- A member of the Dutch Arminians whose divergence from Calvinism was expressed in five articles in the Remonstrance of 1610; subsequently a member of the liberal Protestant denomination that developed from this group.
Forms of remonstrant
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | remonstrants |
| plural | Remonstrants |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more remonstrant |
| superlative | most remonstrant |
Origin of remonstrant
Borrowed from Dutch remonstrant, from Latin remōnstrāns.
Words formed from remonstrant
Questions about remonstrant
- What does remonstrant mean?
- Remonstrant means one who remonstrates, or issues (usually formal and written) protestations.
- What part of speech is remonstrant?
- Remonstrant can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of remonstrant?
- The plural of remonstrant is remonstrants.
Words near remonstrant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: remonstrant (page history and authors); Remonstrant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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