Russellite

[ruhs-uh-lahyt]

noun

Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging.

1. a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Russellite¹

1875–80, after C. T. Russell; -ite ¹

Example Sentences

They are able to look along his whole track, and seeing him from behind, know him as a Peelite, a follower of Aberdeen, a Palmerstonian, a Russellite, and a Radical.

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One day, as we were looking through the bookcase, we found a lot of fine looking books of Russellite teaching.

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