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Another word for nonjuror

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Noun
      1. A person who dissents
      2. One who dissents:
      3. One who refuses to accept the doctrines or usages of an established or a national church, especially a Protestant who dissents from the Church of England.
      1. A person who professes a heresy; esp., a church member who holds beliefs opposed to church dogma
      2. A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.
      1. (Physics) A disk or wheel having its axis of revolution displaced from its center so that it is capable of imparting reciprocating motion.
      2. An odd or unconventional person
      3. A disk set off center on a shaft and revolving inside a strap that is attached to one end of a rod, thereby converting the circular motion of the shaft into back-and-forth motion of the rod
    See also:

    nonconformist

    radical

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