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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Remonstrant \Re*mon"strant\ (-strant), a. [LL. remonstranc,
-antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F.
remontrant.]
Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging
reasons in opposition to something.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Remonstrant \Re*mon"strant\, n.
One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.), one of the
Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the
Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the
decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See {Arminian}.
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