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

So much so that we have names for the type: maverick, individualist, iconoclast, dissenter, rebel, freethinker.

From The Wall Street Journal

Smaller assault packages, meanwhile, could boost morale among protesters but ultimately not change the regime’s crackdown against dissenters, the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal

White women like Good are not just dissenters within the racial in-group, however, they are proof that the entire white nationalist story about inheritance and destiny is unstable.

From Salon

"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

Related Words

• protester
• skeptic