Protestant

See also: protestant

English

Alternative forms

• protestant

Etymology

Borrowed from either German Protestant or French protestant, one likely reinforced by the other; equivalent to protest +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒtɪstənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑtɪstənt/

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Noun

Protestant (plural Protestants)

1. (Christianity) A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later).

   Synonym: (nonstandard) Christian

2. (historical) A member of the Church of England or Church of Ireland, as distinct from Protestant nonconformists or dissenters
   • 1827 [1796] Theobald Wolfe Tone, Memoirs Vol.1 p.64 (Henry Colburn, London) ed. William Theobald Wolfe Tone:

     To unite the whole people of Ireland; to abolish the memory of all past dissensions; and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic, and Dissenter—these were my means.

   • 1893 June 14, Hansard 4th series Vol 13 HC Deb c.1001

     MR. SEXTON said, he had always understood that the difference between Protestants and Presbyterians was not a difference of creed, but as to episcopacy and practice.

Hypernyms

• (member of a denomination): Christian, Trinitarian

Derived terms

• anti-Protestant
• crypto-Protestant
• non-Protestant
• post-Protestant
• pre-Protestant
• pseudo-Protestant
• pro-Protestant
• Protestantism
• Prod, Proddy
• WASP

Translations

someone who is a member of such a denomination

• Afrikaans: protestant
• Arabic: بُرُوتِسْتَانْتِيّ m (burūtistāntiyy)

  Hijazi Arabic: بروتستانتي m (brōtistānti, prōtistānti)

• Bulgarian: протестант m (protestant)
• Catalan: protestant (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新教徒 (zh) (xīnjiàotú)

• Czech: protestant m
• Danish: protestant c
• Esperanto: protestanto
• Finnish: protestantti (fi)
• French: protestant (fr) m, protestante (fr) f
• Galician: protestante (gl) m or f
• Georgian: პროტესტანტი (ṗroṭesṭanṭi)
• German: Protestant (de) m, Protestantin (de) f
• Greek: προτεστάντης (el) m (protestántis), διαμαρτυρόμενος (el) m (diamartyrómenos)
• Hungarian: protestáns (hu)
• Irish: Protastúnach m
• Italian: protestante (it) m or f
• Japanese: プロテスタント (ja) (purotesutanto)
• Khmer: ប្រូតេស្តង់ (prouteestɑng)
• Korean: 신교도 (sin'gyodo)
• Latin: Protestāns m
• Macedonian: протеста́нт m (protestánt)
• Maori: Porotehana
• Marathi: प्रोटेस्टंट (proṭesṭaṇṭa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: protestant m

  Nynorsk: protestant m

• Ottoman Turkish: پروتستان (prôtîstân), اهل مذاهب پروتستان (ehl-i mezheb protestan)
• Persian: پروتستان (fa) (porotestân)
• Plautdietsch: Protestant m
• Polish: protestant (pl) m, protestantka (pl) f
• Portuguese: protestante (pt) m or f
• Russian: протеста́нт (ru) m (protestánt), протеста́нтка (ru) f (protestántka)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: protestant m

• Sotho: moprotestanta
• Spanish: protestante (es) m or f, salvacuatro m or f (Paraguay)
• Swedish: protestant (sv) c
• Tagalog: Protestante
• Thai: โปรเตสแตนต์ (bproo-dtées-dtɛ́n)
• Vietnamese: người Tin Lành (vi)
• Welsh: Protestant m

Adjective

Protestant (comparative more Protestant, superlative most Protestant)

1. (Christianity) Of or pertaining to several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.

   Synonym: (nonstandard) Christian

   • 1840, Norwich Operative Protestant Association, Released statement, The Penny Protestant Operative, page 15:

     It is not perhaps too much to say, that a more harmonious, a more decorous, a more loyal, a more Protestant, a more Christian meeting, never took place within the walls of our ancient city.

   • 1855, Napoléon Roussel, Catholic and Protestant Nations Compared, volumes 1-2, page 120:

     To make this perfectly clear, we shall contrast a few of the most Protestant with a few of the most Roman Catholic counties.

   • 2004, Paul Freston, Protestant Political Parties: A Global Survey, page 27:

     For reasons to do with the predominantly Lutheran rather than Calvinist heritage (and to some extent with the postwar division of Germany which hived off the more Protestant East), the participation of Protestants in the CDU has been small.

Derived terms

• anti-Protestant
• crypto-Protestant
• non-Protestant
• post-Protestant
• pre-Protestant
• pseudo-Protestant
• pro-Protestant
• Protestant Cay

Translations

pertaining to these denominatons

• Afrikaans: protestantse
• Arabic: بُرُوتِسْتَانْتِيّ (burūtistāntiyy)
• Asturian: protestante (ast)
• Catalan: protestant (ca)
• French: protestant (fr)
• Galician: protestante (gl)
• Georgian: პროტესტანტული (ṗroṭesṭanṭuli)
• German: protestantisch (de), evangelisch (de)
• Greek: προτεσταντικός (el) m (protestantikós)
• Hungarian: protestáns (hu)
• Irish: Protastúnach
• Italian: protestante (it)
• Kazakh: протестанттық (protestanttyq)
• Latin: protestanticus
• Latvian: protestantisks
• Maori: Porotehana
• Marathi: प्रोटेस्टंट (proṭesṭaṇṭa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: protestantisk

  Nynorsk: protestantisk

• Ottoman Turkish: پروتستان (prôtîstân), اهل مذاهب پروتستان (ehl-i mezheb protestan)
• Persian: پروتستان (fa) (porotestân)
• Polish: protestancki (pl)
• Portuguese: protestante (pt)
• Russian: протеста́нтский (ru) (protestántskij)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: protestantiski, ewangelski

• Spanish: protestante (es)
• Swahili: Mprotestanti
• Swedish: protestantisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Protestante
• Thai: โปรเตสแตนต์ (bproo-dtées-dtɛ́n)
• Ukrainian: протеста́нтський (protestántsʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: Tin Lành (vi)
• Welsh: Protestannaidd

German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Protestant m (weak, genitive Protestanten, plural Protestanten, feminine Protestantin)

1. Protestant (person)
2. protester

Declension

Declension of Protestant [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Protestant	die	Protestanten
genitive	eines	des	Protestanten	der	Protestanten
dative	einem	dem	Protestanten	den	Protestanten
accusative	einen	den	Protestanten	die	Protestanten

Derived terms

• protestantisch
• Protestantismus

Further reading

• “Protestant” in Duden online
• “Protestant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

Noun

Protestant m (plural Protestanten)

1. Protestant

Welsh

Etymology

From English Protestant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔtɛsdant/, [ˈpr̥ʰɔtʰɛstantʰ]

Noun

Protestant m (plural Protestaniaid)

1. Protestant

Derived terms

• Protestaniaeth (“Protestanantism”)
• Protestannaidd (“Protestant”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Protestant	Brotestant	Mhrotestant	Phrotestant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Protestant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies