protestant
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protestant¹
Where it comes from
See Protestant. The legal sense either has the same source or is simply protest + -ant.
adjective more protestant · most protestant
- Alternative letter-case form of Protestant a protestant effort
- Protesting. He cut his Psychology once or twice, nor could he succeed, during office hours, in keeping his mind on office-routine. His superiors became impatient and then protestant.
noun protestants
- One who protests; a protester. These are too mean parts of the pageant: and you don't hear widows' cries or mothers' sobs in the midst of the shouts and jubilation in the great Chorus of Victory. And yet when was the time that such have not cried out: heart-broken, humble protestants, unheard in the uproar of the triumph!
- Alternative letter-case form of Protestant
Protestant²
- /ˈpɹɒtɪstənt/ UK
- /ˈpɹɑtɪstənt/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from either German Protestant or French protestant, one likely reinforced by the other; equivalent to protest + -ant.
noun Protestants · protestant
- A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later). Who or what is a Catholic? This Greek word has become one of the chief battlegrounds in western Latin Christianity […] ’Catholic’ is clearly a word which a lot of people want to possess. By contrast, it is remarkable how many religious labels started life as a sneer: the Reformation was full of angr
- A member of the Church of England or Church of Ireland, as distinct from Protestant nonconformists or dissenters. To unite the whole people of Ireland; to abolish the memory of all past dissensions; and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic, and Dissenter—these were my means.
adjective more Protestant · most Protestant · protestant
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Of or pertaining to several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.
It is not perhaps too much to say, that a more harmonious, a more decorous, a more loyal, a more Protestant, a more Christian meeting, never took place within the walls of our ancient city.
Similar: Christian
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: protesting, complaintive, complaining, protestant church, evangelical, presbyterian, christian, christianity, protest, new, protesters, protestors, nonconformist, dissentient, protester, dissenter
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noun someone who is a member of such a denomination
| Español | protestante, salvacuatro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신교도 sin'gyodo |
| 日本語 | プロテスタント purotesutanto |
| 中文 | 新教徒 xīnjiàotú |
| हिन्दी | प्रोटेस्टेंट proṭesṭẽṭ |
| Português | protestante |
| Français | protestant, protestante |
| Deutsch | Protestant, Protestantin |
| Italiano | protestante |
| Ελληνικά | προτεστάντης protestántis, διαμαρτυρόμενος diamartyrómenos |
| Русский | протеста́нт protestánt, протеста́нтка protestántka |
| Tiếng Việt | người Tin Lành |
| العربية | بُرُوتِسْتَانْتِيّ burūtistāntiyy |
adj pertaining to these denominatons
| Español | protestante |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | Mprotestanti |
| Português | protestante |
| Français | protestant |
| Deutsch | protestantisch, evangelisch |
| Italiano | protestante |
| Ελληνικά | προτεσταντικός protestantikós |
| Русский | протеста́нтский protestántskij |
| Tiếng Việt | Tin Lành |
| العربية | بُرُوتِسْتَانْتِيّ burūtistāntiyy |
Talk about this word "protestant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/protestant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. protestant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/protestant "protestant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/protestant.Cite this
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title = {protestant},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/protestant},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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