protestant

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词形变化

protestants 复数 protestants more protestant 比较级 most protestant 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who protests; a protester.

    法律

    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. 2.

    Alternative letter-case form of Protestant.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Alternative letter-case form of Protestant.

    a protestant effort

    protestant work ethic

  2. 2.

    Protesting.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

church christian

下位词 10

baptist wasp mormon puritan fundamentalist methodist nonconformist Anabaptist Anglican chapelgoer
形容词

近义相关 1

complaintive

相关短语

Protestant work ethic Protestant ethic 新教伦理；新教价值观 Protestant work ethics Protestant Cay I'm a Protestant 我是新教徒 polyester Protestant

词源

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

来源：wiktionary