- a person who remonstrates, esp one who signs a remonstrance
- rare remonstrating or protesting
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
re•mon•strance /rɪˈmɑnstrəns/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [uncountable] an act or instance of protesting.
- a protest:[countable]deaf to remonstrances.
re•mon•strant
(ri mon′strənt),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
re•mon′strant•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- remonstrating;
expostulatory.
n.
- a person who remonstrates.
- Religion(cap.) one of the Dutch Arminians whose doctrinal differences from strict Calvinists were set forth in 1610.
- Medieval Latin remōnstrant- (stem of remōnstrāns, present participle of remōnstrāre). See remonstrate, -ant
- 1610–20
re•mon•strance
(ri mon′strəns),USA pronunciation n.
- an act or instance of remonstrating.
- a protest:deaf to remonstrances.
- Medieval Latin remōnstrāre to point out; see remonstrate) + -ance -ance
- Middle French, equivalent. to remonstr(er) (
- 1470–80
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remonstrant /rɪˈmɒnstrənt/ n
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