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protestant

Prot·es·tant
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [prot-uh-stuh nt or for 4, 6, pruh-tes-tuh nt]
    • /ˈprɒt ə stənt or for 4, 6, prəˈtɛs tənt/
    • /ˈprɒt.ɪ.stənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [prot-uh-stuh nt or for 4, 6, pruh-tes-tuh nt]
    • /ˈprɒt ə stənt or for 4, 6, prəˈtɛs tənt/

Definitions of protestant word

  • noun protestant any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church. 1
  • noun protestant an adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the Reformation, or of any group descended from them. 1
  • noun protestant (originally) any of the German princes who protested against the decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1529, which had denounced the Reformation. 1
  • noun protestant (lowercase) a person who protests. 1
  • adjective protestant belonging or pertaining to Protestants or their religion. 1
  • adjective protestant (lowercase) protesting. 1
See all 19 definitions of protestant

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Origin of protestant

First appearance:

before 1530
One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; < German or French, for Latin prōtestantēs, plural of present participle of prōtestārī to bear public witness. See protest, -ant

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Parts of speech for Protestant

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Protestant

protestant popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

protestant usage trend in Literature

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  • primitive methodist

    a member of a Protestant denomination (Primitive Methodist Church) founded in England in 1812 and later established in the U.S., characterized by its adherence to the basic doctrines, principles, and practices taught by John Wesley.

  • prod

    to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.

  • protestant ethic

    work ethic.

  • alva

    Duke of, title of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo. 1508–82, Spanish general and statesman who suppressed the Protestant revolt in the Netherlands (1567–72) and conquered Portugal (1580)
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