dissenter

American  

[dih-sen-ter] / dɪˈsɛn tər /

noun

1. a person who dissents, as from an established church, political party, or majority opinion.

2. (sometimes initial capital letter) an English Protestant who dissents from the Church of England.

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Dissenter British  

/ dɪˈsɛntə /

noun

1. Christianity a Nonconformist or a person who refuses to conform to the established church

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Etymology

Origin of dissenter

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

Example Sentences

"The general malaise and low real incomes will have mobilised the dissenters," they said.

From BBC

The Fed’s messaging apparatus is built to accommodate dissenters.

From Barron's

One of the two dissenters, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee, had voted in favor of rate cuts at the bank’s previous two meetings.

From MarketWatch

Together with the dissenters, that is roughly a third of the policymakers who attend Fed meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal

The full Fifth Circuit declined an en banc review of its ruling, but the vote was 9-8, and the dissenters said applying Heck this way is “indefensible.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

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