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

The old covenanter seems to have told Charles some plain truths, and the king in return forgot the courtesy which so distinguished him, and retorted that Rothes was a liar.

From The Red Book of Heroes by Mills, Arthur Wallis

If he was defiant at the first threatening of martyrdom, he endured the infliction of the torture with a resolute bravery worthy of a covenanter.

From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Abbott, Lyman

The patriot is a patriot still; and the covenanter is a covenanter still.

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

Scarcely less wide is the difference between the plate armour of an old English baron, and the simple cuirass of a covenanter!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

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