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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Prot•es•tant /ˈprɑtəstənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religionany Western Christian not a follower of the Roman Catholic Church.
adj. - Religionof, relating to, or belonging to Protestants or their religion:a Protestant hymnal.
Prot•es•tant•ism, n. [uncountable]See -test-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Prot•es•tant (prot′ə stənt or, for 4, 6, prə tes′tənt),USA pronunciation n. - Religionany Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.
- Religionan adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the Reformation, or of any group descended from them.
- Religion(originally) any of the German princes who protested against the decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1529, which had denounced the Reformation.
- (l.c.) a person who protests.
adj. - Religionbelonging or pertaining to Protestants or their religion.
- (l.c.) protesting.
- German or French, for Latin prōtestantēs, plural of present participle of prōtestārī to bear public witness. See protest, -ant
- 1530–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Protestant /ˈprɒtɪstənt/ n - an adherent of Protestantism
- (as modifier): the Protestant Church
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