protestant

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an adherent of Protestantism
  2. noun the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
  3. adjective of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism

Etymology

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

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