remonstrant: Meaning and Definition of

re•mon•strant

Pronunciation: (ri-mon'strunt), [key]
— adj.
  1. remonstrating; expostulatory.
—n.
  1. a person who remonstrates.
  2. (cap.) one of the Dutch Arminians whose doctrinal differences from strict Calvinists were set forth in 1610.
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