Protestant

/ˈprɑdəstənt/

/ˈprɒtɪstɛnt/

Other forms: Protestants

Definitions of Protestant

1. noun

   an adherent of Protestantism
   types:

   WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant

   a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination

   Anabaptist

   adherent of Anabaptism

   Christian Scientist

   a member of the Protestant church founded in the United States by Mary Baker Eddy

   Baptist

   follower of Baptistic doctrines

   Congregationalist

   a member of the Congregational Church

   Nonconformist, chapelgoer

   a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England

   Anglican

   a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism

   Episcopalian

   a member of the Episcopal church

   fundamentalist

   a supporter of fundamentalism

   Jehovah's Witness

   believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism

   Latter-Day Saint, Mormon

   a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

   Methodist

   a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church

   Orangeman

   a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign

   Pentecostal, Pentecostalist

   any member of a Pentecostal religious body

   Presbyterian

   a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church

   Puritan

   a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship

   Mennonite

   a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life

   Dunkard, Dunker, Tunker

   an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)

   Wesleyan

   a follower of Wesleyanism

   Northern Baptist

   a member of the American Baptist Convention

   Southern Baptist

   a member of the Southern Baptist Convention

   type of:

   Christian

   a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
2. noun

   the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
   synonyms: Protestant Church

   types:

   Pentecostal religion

   any fundamentalist Protestant Church that uses revivalistic methods to achieve experiences comparable to the Pentecostal experiences of the first Christian disciples

   type of:

   Christian church, church

   one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
3. adjective

   of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism
   “Protestant churches”

   “a Protestant denomination”