protestant

See also: Protestant

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

protestant ‎(comparative more protestant, superlative most protestant)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Protestant

   a protestant effort‎

   protestant work ethic‎

NounEdit

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

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CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

protestant

1. present participle of protestar

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CzechEdit

NounEdit

protestant m

1. Protestant (person)

Related termsEdit

• protestantství n

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DutchEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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• Hyphenation: pro‧tes‧tant

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

protestant m ‎(plural protestanten, diminutive protestantje n)

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

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From protester +‎ -ant. Influenced by German Protestant.

PronunciationEdit

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AdjectiveEdit

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

1. Protestant

Related termsEdit

• protestantisme

VerbEdit

protestant

1. present participle of protester

NounEdit

protestant m ‎(plural protestants, feminine protestante)

1. Protestant (person)

External linksEdit

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

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

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NounEdit

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

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

Derived termsEdit

• protestantisk

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

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

1. a Protestant (as above)

Derived termsEdit

• protestantisk

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

protèstant m ‎(Cyrillic spelling протѐстант)

1. (Christianity) Protestant

DeclensionEdit

Declension of protestant

	singular	plural
nominative	protèstant	protestanti
genitive	protestanta	protèstanātā
dative	protestantu	protestantima
accusative	protestanta	protestante
vocative	protestante	protestanti
locative	protestantu	protestantima
instrumental	protestantom	protestantima

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

protest +‎ -ant

NounEdit

protestant c

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

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of protestant
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	protestant	protestanten	protestanter	protestanterna
Genitive	protestants	protestantens	protestanters	protestanternas

Related termsEdit

• protestantism
• protestantisk