• Protestant

    Full definition of protestant

    Adjective

    protestant

    1. Alternative capitalization of Protestant
      a protestant effort
      protestant work ethic

    Noun

    protestant

    (plural protestants)
    1. (chiefly legal) 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 capitalization of Protestant----
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