DISSIDENTS

Noun

dissidents

plural of dissident

Source: Wiktionary


DISSIDENT

Dis"si*dent, a. Etym: [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.]

Definition: No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different. Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Dis"si*dent, n. (Eccl.)

Definition: One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion. The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidencI. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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