| n. | 1. | One who protests; - originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; - now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church. |
| a. | 1. | Making a protest; protesting. |
| 2. | Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; |
| Noun | 1. | Protestant - an adherent of Protestantism |
| 2. | Protestant - the Protestant churches and denominations collectively Synonyms: Protestant Church | |
| Adj. | 1. | Protestant - of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism; "Protestant churches"; "a Protestant denomination" |
| 2. | protestant - making a protest Synonyms: protesting |