'Dissenter' definitions:
Definition of 'dissenter'
From: WordNet
noun
A person who dissents from some established policy [syn: dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant]
Definition of 'Dissenter'
From: GCIDE
- Dissenter \Dis*sent"er\, n.
- 1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Eccl.) One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist. [1913 Webster]
- Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter. --Shipley. [1913 Webster]
- Note: "The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The Roman Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct class." --Brande & C. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dissenter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apostate,
- beatnik,
- Bohemian,
- demurrer,
- deviant,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- dropout,
- Evangelical,
- flower child,
- freak,
- heretic,
- hippie,
- maverick,
- misbeliever,
- misfit,
- non-Catholic,
- nonconformist,
- nonjuror,
- objector,
- opinionist,
- opposition voice,
- original,
- Protestant,
- protestant,
- protester,
- recusant,
- Reformationist,
- Reformed believer,
- schismatic,
- sectarian,
- sectary,
- separatist,
- swinger,
- ugly duckling,
- unconformist,
- yippie,
- Zwinglian