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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

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

Example Sentences

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remonstrant Remonstrant

He looked at the coverings on his bed; he took them up, and again he made that strange remonstrant noise in his throat.

From Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales by Van Vechten, Carl

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 Baily, Waldron

She said not one word as Bayne clasped her hand with the conventional greeting, but only looked at him with her hazel eyes at once remonstrant, pleading, compassionate.

From The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee by Duer, Douglas

“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.

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

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

A law was accordingly established dividing Scotland into five districts, in each of which certain members of the Remonstrant clergy were empowered to ordain ministers, as it were, to the exercise of their functions.

From Claverhouse by Morris, Mowbray

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

From Life of John Milton by Garnett, Richard

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

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

From History of Holland by Edmundson, George