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• covenanter
  covenanter

  noun

  a person who makes a covenant.
• Covenanter
  Covenanter

  noun

  a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism

covenanter

American  

[kuhv-uh-nuhn-ter, kuhv-uh-nan-ter] / ˈkʌv ə nən tər, ˌkʌv əˈnæn tər /

noun

1. a person who makes a covenant.

2. (initial capital letter) a person who, by solemn agreement, pledged to uphold Presbyterianism, especially an adherent of the National Covenant or the Solemn League and Covenant.

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Covenanter British  

/ ˌkʌvəˈnæntə, ˈkʌvənəntə /

noun

1. a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism

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Etymology

Origin of covenanter

First recorded in 1630–40; covenant + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Middleton, like the Marquis of Montrose, had been at one time a covenanter.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Mediaeval abbot and crusader, cavalier and covenanter, Elizabeth and Cromwell, spoke once more with a living voice to ears which were opened to hear.

From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry

Under His gracious influence, the bonds of prejudice against covenanting are as green withs and the covenanter stands forth in liberty and in power.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James

The press began timidly to venture on books of amusement, in a style of humour which seemed ribald and heathenish to the staid and sober covenanter.

From Milton by Pattison, Mark

But if the covenanter be one of the better rank, the devil only draws blood of the party, or touches him or her in some part of the body, without any visible mark remaining.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist