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English Dictionary: remonstrant by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remonstrant \Re*mon"strant\ (-strant), a. [LL. remonstranc,
      -antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F.
      remontrant.]
      Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging
      reasons in opposition to something.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remonstrant \Re*mon"strant\, n.
      One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.), one of the
      Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the
      Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the
      decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See {Arminian}.
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