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Definition of Remonstrant
1. a. Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.
2. n. One who remonstrates
Definition of Remonstrant
1. Noun. One who remonstrates or issues remonstrances; One who formally protests, or issues such (usually written) protestations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Remonstrant
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Remonstrant
Literary usage of Remonstrant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"Effect of Withdrawal of remonstrant.— Where one of several remonstrants withdraws,
he escapes all liability for costs thereafter created in consequence of ..."
2. Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society by Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa (1921)
"Cox called on your remonstrant for the loan of some money, saying that Colo.
Cox had sent to Philadelphia for money but was disappointed in getting; ..."
3. The History of the Litigation and Legislation Respecting Presbyterian by Thomas Smith James (1867)
"What is the ca->e of the remonstrant Synod of Ulster? Is it possible that the
House of Commons will permit the grievous infliction of injustice which will ..."
4. American Literature in the Colonial and National Periods by Lorenzo Sears (1902)
"XI remonstrant WRITERS ABOUT the year 1765 American writings took on a new form
and spirit. For a century and a half the colonists had been carrying the ..."
5. Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., Governor of Connecticut by Isaac William Stuart (1859)
"Thus far a prudent remonstrant, but firm in his spirit of resistance to the
obnoxious measures of the day. This spirit begins to vent itself with increased ..."
6. Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., Governor of Connecticut by Isaac William Stuart (1859)
"Thus far a prudent remonstrant, but firm in his spirit of resistance to the
obnoxious measures of the day. This spirit begins to vent itself with increased ..."
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