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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

"It quite spoiled her pretty frock," said Mrs. Bowen, timidly remonstrant.

From The Diamond Pin by Carolyn Wells

“Who said I was afraid?” snarled Richard, facing sharply round, and paying no heed to the remonstrant looks of cousin and mother.

From The Parson O' Dumford by George Manville Fenn

Reserving a more full exposition of the subject to future occasions, your remonstrant, in paying her tax for the current year, begs leave to protest against the injustice and inequalities above pointed out.

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

Mrs. Gigg, who had not quite closed the front door, opened it wide to his remonstrant voice.

From The Bandbox by Louis Joseph Vance

It is not improbable that Fitz-Walter's election as leader of the remonstrant barons was in some measure due to his official position in the city.

From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe

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

After the Advocate's death, except for the persecution directed against the Remonstrant party, the course of public affairs went on smoothly.

From History of Holland by George Edmundson

The states of Holland sent a commission, of which Grotius was chairman, to Utrecht, with the view of strengthening the hands of their friends, the Remonstrant party, in that city.

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 Charles Butler

In 1617 the outbreak of the religious dispute between the Remonstrant Maurice Prince of Orange and John of Oldenbarneveldt.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

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