remonstratorn.
/ˈrɛmənstreɪtə/, U.S. /rəˈmɑnˌstreɪdər/, /riˈmɑnˌstreɪdər/, /ˈrɛmənˌstreɪdər/ 1. A person who remonstrates; esp. one who protests against something; a protester.In quot. 1679: = remonstrant n. 1.
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the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun] > protestor
reclaimantc1600
remonstrancer1618
protester?1626
remonstrant1641
remonstrator1646
remonstranter1650
protestor1659
Protestant1853
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains > formal or public
remonstrant1641
remonstrator1646
1646 J. Lilburne Iust Mans Iustification 16 The late London Remonstrators, that would have all men disfranchized (although never so honest) that are not of their minds, and Judgements.
1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants 64 For Accommodation in some particulars with the Remonstrators or Free-willers.
1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde II. 419 The Lord Lieutenant was not moved by any thing that could be said in favour of the remonstrators.
1799 Public Characters 1799–1800 249 After noticing the great talents of the remonstrator,..[he] sums up his character in saying ‘that he is an excellent writer’.
1832 Times 27 Apr. 3/6 Mr. Davidson took the liberty of striking the remonstrator on the face with his umbrella.
1889 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 4 Dec. Remonstrators having the privilege of filing their objections and appealing to the courts.
1937 L. C. M. Hare Greatest Amer. Woman L. Mott vi. 81 Always there had been remonstrators against American slavery.
1951 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 45 1042 Eventually they took over the additional function, as remonstrators, of checking on policy at the level of formulation.
1995 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 21 June b2 If remonstrators collect more signatures, the project will be killed for at least one year.
2. Scottish History. With capital initial. A member of a Presbyterian group that presented or supported a remonstrance of 1650, which expressed total opposition to the union with England; a Protester (protester n. 2b). Also attributive.
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1653 E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 9 The Remonstrators (as I think he calls them) have declared that they will have none of the present Government.
1678 G. Hickes Ravillac Redivivus 15 Even the lowermost Form of our former Presbyterians were Great men in comparison to these of the Remonstrator Faction.
1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 16 Severals of the Remonstrator Presbyterians.
1728 K. White Reg. & Chron. Eccl. & Civil I. 81 Those Petulances between the Resolutioner and Remonstrator in Scotland.
1798 J. Sinclair Statist. Acc. Scotl. XX. xvii. 372 That remarkable division of the Presbyterians into two parties, Public Resolutioners and Remonstrators.
1884 Littell's Living Age 27 Sept. 790/2 He [sc. James Sharp]..secured the grant of a new Church Commission, which gave free scope to his grudge against the Remonstrators.
1908 J. K. Hewison Covenanters (1913) II. xx. 81 It was not enough to ban Anabaptists, Quakers, mass-priests, to banish the Remonstrators out of the city, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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