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remonstrant definition

re·mon·strant (-strənt)

adjective

remonstrating or objecting; expostulatory

Etymology: ML remonstrans, prp.

noun

  1. a person who remonstrates
  2. one of the Arminians in Holland who presented a remonstrance in 1610 setting forth their differences from strict Calvinism

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