remonstrant
adjective
remonstrating; expostulatory.
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Remonstrantnouna Dutch supporter of the Arminian Remonstrance of 1610
remonstrant
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[ri-mon-struhnt]
/ rɪˈmɒn strənt /
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a person who remonstrates.
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(initial capital letter) one of the Dutch Arminians whose doctrinal differences from strict Calvinists were set forth in 1610.
remonstrant
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/ rɪˈmɒnstrənt /
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Remonstrant
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Etymology
Origin of remonstrant
First recorded in 1610–20, remonstrant is from the Medieval Latin word remōnstrant- (stem of remōnstrāns, present participle of remōnstrāre ). See remonstrate, -ant
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The dog uttered a remonstrant growl, but obeyed, and Dinass drew himself back against the cliff.
From Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea by Hurst, Hal
The remonstrant then consented that the interment might proceed.
From William the Conqueror Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
By ones and twos we collected them, half drowned yet shrilly remonstrant, and dropped them into the dry shed where they belonged.
From More Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge
“You needn’t be in such a jolly hurry to forgive him,” said Smith in a remonstrant tone; “he has been a cheeky little beggar, and deserved all he got.”
From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by Handforth, W.B.
Mrs. Gigg, who had not quite closed the front door, opened it wide to his remonstrant voice.
From The Bandbox by Vance, Louis Joseph
The Van Ruijvens’ home in the 1660s and ’70s, a canalside house named the Golden Eagle, abutted a clandestine Remonstrant church and doubled as a Collegiant meetinghouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
He was appointed preacher at the Remonstrant church in Rotterdam and afterwards rector of the Remonstrant college in Amsterdam.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
Arminian and Gomarist, Remonstrant and Contra-Remonstrant, were waging that fierce battle of the creeds that is yet the foulest blot upon the fair name of the heroic and tolerant Republic.
From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den
The grand pensionary, Olden Barneveldt, the leader of the Remonstrant party, Grotius and Hoogerbeets were arrested, brought to trial, and condemned—Olden Barneveldt to death, and Grotius to imprisonment for life and confiscation of his property.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
In the same manner, the proceedings of the Contra-Remonstrants, at the Synod of Dort, made Mr. Hales a Remonstrant.
From The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands by Butler, Charles
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