adj
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Protestant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
Examples
- a protestant effort
- protestant work ethic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
protestant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒtɪstənt/
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General-American: /ˈpɹɑtɪstənt/
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adj
Meaning 2
Protesting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 3
Of or pertaining to several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Christian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
One who protests; a protester.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
- 1915 November 3, decision in the case of the State of New Mexico v. Garrett, published in 1916 among the Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Cases Relating to Public Lands, volume 44 (edited by George J Hesselman), page 490: In the case of Hyacinthe Villeneuve a homestead entry had been allowed upon a tract of land that had been patented to the Santa Fe Railroad Company, whose grantees had expressed a willingness to reconvey in order that effect might be given to the equities of the homesteader, whereas in the present case the State stands in the position of a protestant.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Alternative letter-case form of Protestant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 6
A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protester, dissenter, dissident, nonconformist, Reformer, Christian, religionist, person
noun
Meaning 7
A member of the Church of England or Church of Ireland, as distinct from Protestant nonconformists or dissenters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protester, dissenter, dissident, nonconformist, Reformer
adjective
Meaning 8
of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Protestant churches
- a Protestant denomination
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
protesting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 10
the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Protestant Church
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: church, Christian church
Narrower terms: Pentecostal religion
noun
Meaning 11
an adherent of Protestantism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Christian
Narrower terms: WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, Anabaptist, Christian Scientist, Baptist, Congregationalist, Nonconformist, chapelgoer, Anglican, Episcopalian, fundamentalist, Jehovah's Witness, Latter-Day Saint, Mormon, Methodist, Orangeman, Pentecostal, Pentecostalist, Presbyterian, Puritan
History
Etymology
See Protestant. The legal sense either has the same source or is simply protest + -ant.
Borrowed from either German Protestant or French protestant, one likely reinforced by the other; equivalent to protest + -ant.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: protestantse — pertaining to these denominatons
- Arabic: بُرُوتِسْتَانْتِيّ (burūtistāntiyy) — pertaining to these denominatons
- Asturian: protestante — pertaining to these denominatons
- Catalan: protestant — pertaining to these denominatons
- French: protestant — pertaining to these denominatons
- Galician: protestante — pertaining to these denominatons
- Georgian: პროტესტანტული (ṗroṭesṭanṭuli) — pertaining to these denominatons
- German: protestantisch — pertaining to these denominatons
- German: evangelisch — pertaining to these denominatons
- Greek: προτεσταντικός (protestantikós) — pertaining to these denominatons
- Hungarian: protestáns — pertaining to these denominatons
- Irish: Protastúnach — pertaining to these denominatons
- Italian: protestante — pertaining to these denominatons
- Kazakh: протестанттық (protestanttyq) — pertaining to these denominatons
- Latin: protestanticus — pertaining to these denominatons
- Latvian: protestantisks — pertaining to these denominatons
- Māori: Porotehana — pertaining to these denominatons
- Marathi: प्रोटेस्टंट (proṭesṭaṇṭa) — pertaining to these denominatons
- Marshallese: Būrotijen — pertaining to these denominatons
- Norwegian Bokmål: protestantisk — pertaining to these denominatons
- Norwegian Nynorsk: protestantisk — pertaining to these denominatons
- Persian: پروتستان (porotestân) — pertaining to these denominatons
- Polish: protestancki — pertaining to these denominatons
- Portuguese: protestante — pertaining to these denominatons
- Russian: протеста́нтский (protestántskij) — pertaining to these denominatons
- Lower Sorbian: protestantiski — pertaining to these denominatons
- Lower Sorbian: ewangelski — pertaining to these denominatons
- Spanish: protestante — pertaining to these denominatons
- Swahili: Mprotestanti — pertaining to these denominatons
- Swedish: protestantisk — pertaining to these denominatons
- Tagalog: Protestante — pertaining to these denominatons
- Thai: โปรเตสแตนต์ (bproo-dtées-dtɛ́n) — pertaining to these denominatons
- Ottoman Turkish: پروتستان (prôtîstân) — pertaining to these denominatons
- Ottoman Turkish: اهل مذاهب پروتستان (ehl-i mezheb protestan) — pertaining to these denominatons
- Ukrainian: протеста́нтський (protestántsʹkyj) — pertaining to these denominatons
- Vietnamese: Tin Lành — pertaining to these denominatons
- Welsh: Protestannaidd — pertaining to these denominatons
- Afrikaans: protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Arabic: بُرُوتِسْتَانْتِيّ (burūtistāntiyy) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Arabic: بروتستانتي (brōtistānti, prōtistānti) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Bulgarian: протестант (protestant) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Catalan: protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Chinese Mandarin: 新教徒 (xīnjiàotú) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Czech: protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Danish: protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Esperanto: protestanto — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Finnish: protestantti — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- French: protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- French: protestante — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Galician: protestante — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Georgian: პროტესტანტი (ṗroṭesṭanṭi) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- German: Protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- German: Protestantin — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Greek: προτεστάντης (protestántis) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Greek: διαμαρτυρόμενος (diamartyrómenos) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Hindi: प्रोटेस्टेंट (proṭesṭẽṭ) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Hungarian: protestáns — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Indonesian: Protestan — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Irish: Protastúnach — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Italian: protestante — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Japanese: プロテスタント (purotesutanto) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Khmer: ប្រូតេស្តង់ (prouteestɑng) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Korean: 신교도 (sin'gyodo) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Latin: Protestāns — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Macedonian: протеста́нт (protestánt) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Māori: Porotehana — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Marathi: प्रोटेस्टंट (proṭesṭaṇṭa) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Marshallese: Būrotijen — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Marshallese: ri-Būrotijen — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Norwegian Bokmål: protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Norwegian Nynorsk: protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Odia: ପ୍ରୋଟେଷ୍ଟାଣ୍ଟ (proṭeṣṭāṇṭa) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Odia: ପ୍ରୋଟେଷ୍ଟାଣ୍ଡ (proṭeṣṭāṇḍa) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Persian: پروتستان (porotestân) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Plautdietsch: Protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Polish: protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Polish: protestantka — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Portuguese: protestante — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Russian: протеста́нт (protestánt) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Russian: протеста́нтка (protestántka) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Lower Sorbian: protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Sotho: moprotestanta — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Spanish: protestante — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Spanish: salvacuatro — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Swedish: protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Tagalog: Protestante — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Thai: โปรเตสแตนต์ (bproo-dtées-dtɛ́n) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Ottoman Turkish: پروتستان (prôtîstân) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Ottoman Turkish: اهل مذاهب پروتستان (ehl-i mezheb protestan) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Ukrainian: протеста́нт (protestánt) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Ukrainian: протеста́нтка (protestántka) — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Vietnamese: người Tin Lành — someone who is a member of such a denomination
- Welsh: Protestant — someone who is a member of such a denomination
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