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dissenter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contestant, dissident, objector, protester |
| Type of | soul, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone |
| Has types | co, conscientious objector, political dissident, recusant, nimby, nonconformist |
| Derivation | dissent |
Examples of dissenter
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The council voted 8 to 1 to elect him as mayor, with El-Amin the lone dissenter.
From the inrich.com
Charles Evans, head of the Chicago Federal Reserve, was the lone Fed dissenter.
From the telegraph.co.uk
First and foremost, Kansas City Fed President Hoenig remained the lone dissenter.
From the theatlantic.com
The diesel fuel vote was 7-1, with board member Ron Margiotta the lone dissenter.
From the newsobserver.com
I consider myself to be an ordinary dissenter, so I am grateful for small favors.
From the sfgate.com
As for Arkansas's lonely dissenter, he came home to something of a hero's welcome.
From the time.com
Chris Zimmerman, who represents Virginia on the board, was the sole dissenter.
From the washingtonpost.com
Every Ukrainian farmer, hookah smoker, smart phone user and Chinese dissenter.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
Wong, 17, was the only dissenter on a school committee that voted to ban the book.
From the sacbee.com
- A person who dissents from some established policy
- A dissenter (from the Latin dissentire, u201Cto disagreeu201D), is one who disagrees in matters of opinion, belief, etc...
- (The Dissenters) The Quarrymen (sometimes erroneously written "Quarry Men") are a British skiffle and rock 'n' roll group, initially formed in Liverpool in 1956, who evolved over a four-year period into The Beatles, the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed rock band in world ...
- (dissenters) People objected to the accepted doctrine of the established church. The puritans who migrated to America were dissenters from the Church of England who created a new church in the colonies. ...
- (DISSENTERS) A right granted to shareholders that entitles them to have their shares appraised and purchased by the corporation if the corporation enters into certain transactions that the shareholders do not approve of.
- (Dissenters) Non-Anglican Protestants
- A committee member who disagrees with a proposed committee report and requests that fact to be noted on the report.
- Name given a person who refused to belong to the established Church of England.
- A Protestant in a non-Anglican church (eg. a Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Moravian).
