dissenter
/dɪsˈɛntɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who dissents (disagrees), especially from an established church.
noun
A Protestant Christian who does not follow the established church, the Church of England.
British usage
noun
A person who took part in the Dissenters' March in Moscow.
Example Sentences
- "As my study proceeded, I began to see that an investigation of organizational morality should also explore managerial dissenters, so-called whistleblowers, many of whom take stands against their organizations on grounds that they define as moral."
- "Near-synonyms: (all sometimes synonymous) Nonconformist, recusant, Free Churchman; autem cackler (archaic cant)"
- "Is it not apparent how vigorouſly they aſſail the whole Body of the Diſſenters, Men of Religious, Serious, Upright and moſt Loyal Principles, under the ſcandalous Names of Fanaticks and Whiggs."
Etymology
Etymology tree English dissent Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dissenter From dissent + -er.
Usage
- British usage