Remonstrant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remonstrant \Re*mon"strant\ (-strant), a. [LL. remonstranc,
     -antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F.
     remontrant.]
     Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging
     reasons in opposition to something.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remonstrant \Re*mon"strant\, n.
     One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.), one of the
     Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the
     Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the
     decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See {Arminian}.
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