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Meanings of dissenters in English

Russian
диссентеры
Spanish
dissenter

One who disagrees in matters of opinion, belief, etc.

диссентеры
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Examples for "dissenter"
Examples for "dissenter"
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The sole dissenter said the economy would be unmoved, not better off.
Reuters
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When Cassidy started work on this book, he was a rare dissenter.
Wired
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But one's being a dissenter disqualified him from holding certain public offices.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
4
What's the meaning of that if it is not being a dissenter?
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
5
His motion carried by voice vote, without a single dissenter heard.
American empire: blood and iron
Usage of dissenters in English
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A minority of dissenters have turned to violence to achieve their ends.
The new yorker
2
The dissenters assembled in the cottage numbered about twenty men and women.
The Forged Coupon, and Other Stories
3
Jammeh has long been criticised for arresting dissenters, rights activists and journalists.
Reuters
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Those dissenters also have objected to the sale and government bankruptcy financing.
Reuters
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He was rousing the dissenters against the Church school of the estate.
The Coryston Family / A Novel
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But this was not enough to satisfy other dissenters in the colony.
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
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Passage of the Conventicle Act in England, directed against nonconformists or dissenters.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
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Those who helped us chiefly were the old dissenters and the Cossacks.
Beasts, Men and Gods
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The rest, the mass of the folk, were dissenters from that Church.
Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Begin...
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Shackleton's way with dissenters was to first isolate them, then squash them.
The Guardian
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The friends of the dissenters, indeed, immediately attacked it with unmeasured violence.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
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In retaliation, the group of dissenters pelted officers and vehicles with stones.
The South African
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Gross endeavoured to bring the dissenters on side by circulating a questionnaire.
The Guardian
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Many of today's self-immolators are descendants of the same soldiers and dissenters.
The Guardian
15
He had managed to quell any dissenters or competitors within our ranks.
Escape
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Hughes believed the dissenters were not in full possession of the facts.
The Irish Times
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