protestant

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more protestant

Superlative

most protestant

1.
(alt of)Alternative letter-case form of Protestant.
a protestant effort
protestant work ethic
2.
Protesting.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

protestants

1.
(chiefly law) One who protests; a protester.
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.
2.
(alt of)Alternative letter-case form of Protestant.

Nguồn gốc từ

See Protestant. The legal sense either has the same source or is simply protest + -ant.