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• remonstrant
  remonstrant

  adjective

  remonstrating; expostulatory.
• Remonstrant
  Remonstrant

  noun

  a Dutch supporter of the Arminian Remonstrance of 1610

remonstrant

American  

[ri-mon-struhnt] / rɪˈmɒn strənt /

adjective

1. remonstrating; expostulatory.

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noun

1. a person who remonstrates.

2. (initial capital letter) one of the Dutch Arminians whose doctrinal differences from strict Calvinists were set forth in 1610.

remonstrant ¹ British  

/ rɪˈmɒnstrənt /

noun

1. a person who remonstrates, esp one who signs a remonstrance

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adjective

1. rare remonstrating or protesting

Remonstrant ² British  

/ rɪˈmɒnstrənt /

noun

1. a Dutch supporter of the Arminian Remonstrance of 1610

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Other Word Forms

• half-remonstrant
  adjective
• nonremonstrant
  adjective
• unremonstrant
  adjective
• remonstrantly
  adverb

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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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Example Sentences

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remonstrant Remonstrant

Any woman can do as she pleases without a remonstrant word, provided she has mind enough.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

She spoke with a hesitant, remonstrant voice, as if in half-hearted protest, “Hit’s dangerous to talk hyar, Dan,” she said.

From Heart of the Blue Ridge by Waldron Baily

Wherein, your remonstrant would inquire, is the justice, equality, or wisdom of this?

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The attitude of a remonstrant is the natural one of the vast majority of people.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper

We are told that this movement is quite different from all others because there is an organized opposition of women themselves against it, but the "remonstrant" is not new.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper

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

The prince himself, as was well known, was inclined to Remonstrant opinions.

From History of Holland by George Edmundson

The total number of Remonstrant and Socinian congregations is between thirty and forty. 

From Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Caroline Frances Cornwallis

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 Charles Butler

The "Remonstrant" to whom Milton replied was Bishop Hall.

From Life of John Milton by Richard Garnett

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