protestant

Etymology

See Protestant. The legal sense either has the same source or is simply protest +‎ -ant.

Adjective

protestant (comparative more protestant, superlative most protestant)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Protestant

   a protestant effort

   protestant work ethic

Noun

protestant (plural protestants)

1. (chiefly law) One who protests; a protester.
   • 1915 November 3, decision in the case of the State of New Mexico v. Garrett, published in 1916 among the Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Cases Relating to Public Lands, volume 44 (edited by George J Hesselman), page 490: In the case of Hyacinthe Villeneuve a homestead entry had been allowed upon a tract of land that had been patented to the Santa Fe Railroad Company, whose grantees had expressed a willingness to reconvey in order that effect might be given to the equities of the homesteader, whereas in the present case the State stands in the position of a protestant.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Protestant

Verb

protestant

1. present participle of protestar

Noun

protestant m

1. Protestant (person)

Etymology

From French protestant, from Latin prōtestārī 'to testify'.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: pro‧tes‧tant

Noun

protestant m (plural protestanten, diminutive protestantje n)

1. Protestant (a modern Christian denomination not belonging to the Catholic or Orthodox traditions)

Etymology

From protester +‎ -ant. Influenced by German Protestant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.tɛs.tɑ̃/

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Adjective

protestant (feminine singular protestante, masculine plural protestants, feminine plural protestantes)

1. Protestant

Verb

protestant

1. present participle of protester

Noun

protestant m (plural protestants, feminine protestante)

1. Protestant (person)

Further reading

• “protestant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

protestant m (definite singular protestanten, indefinite plural protestanter, definite plural protestantene)

1. a Protestant (follower of Protestantism; member of a Protestant church)

Noun

protestant m (definite singular protestanten, indefinite plural protestantar, definite plural protestantane)

1. a Protestant (as above)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /protěstant/
• Hyphenation: pro‧te‧stant

Noun

protèstant m (Cyrillic spelling протѐстант)

1. (Christianity) Protestant

Etymology

protest +‎ -ant

Noun

protestant c

1. a Protestant; one who follows the practice of the Christian form of Protestantism