Dissenter – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
dissenter
n.
dissident, objector, one who opposes or disagrees
Dissenter
A
dissenter (from the Latin
dissentire, “to disagree”), is one who disagrees in matters of opinion, belief, etc. In the social and religious history of
England and
Wales, and, by extension,
Ireland, however, it refers particularly to a member of a religious body who has, for one reason or another, separated from the
Established Church or any other kind of
Protestant who refuses to recognise the supremacy of the Established Church in areas where the established Church is or was
Anglican.
dissenter
Noun
1. a person who dissents from some established policy
(synonym) dissident, protester, objector, contestant
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) conscientious objector, CO
(derivation) protest, resist, dissent
Dissenter (der)
nm.
dissenter, dissident, objector, one who opposes or disagrees
Dissenter
(n.)
One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist.
(n.)
One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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