dissenter

[ dih-sen-ter ]

/ dɪˈsɛn tər /

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noun

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

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

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Origin of dissenter

First recorded in 1630–40; dissent + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for dissenter

I think you should give the dissenter the respect to respond to the points that he makes.
Antonin Scalia Believes in the Devil & 8 More Juicy Bits from the ‘New York’ Magazine Profile|Caroline Linton|October 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
By expressing my doubts, I am clearly a dissenter in this persistent force for progress.
Gays Who Don't Want Gay Marriage|Natalie Neusch|February 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST
McCain thinks of himself as a maverick, an unorthodox thinker, a dissenter.
McCain's Revenge|News Shrink|November 5, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Greatly to Whitefield's distress of mind, Kinchin had resolved to declare himself a Dissenter.
The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2)|Luke Tyerman

Another thing that gave me trouble was the fact of being a Dissenter.
Christopher Crayon's Recollections|J. Ewing Ritchie
And do you know he is an Old Believer, or rather a dissenter?
Crime and Punishment|Fyodor Dostoevsky
I wish you would not call him a minister, it sounds like a dissenter.
The Three Brides|Charlotte M. Yonge
No Dissenter can complain, if the ground of his dissent be removed from the Church.
Church Reform|Richard Carlile

British Dictionary definitions for dissenter

Dissenter

/ (dɪˈsɛntə) /

noun

Christianity, mainly British a Nonconformist or a person who refuses to conform to the established church

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Word Origin and History for dissenter