The Collaborative International Dictionary
Muggletonian \Mug`gle*to"ni*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, an
English journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be
inspired.
--Eadie.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, member of the sect founded by English tailor Lodowicke Muggleton (1609-1698).
Usage examples of "muggletonian".
He may be a Swedenborgian, a Quaker, a Muggletonian,--anything will do, But it is expected of him that he shall place himself under some flag, and do his share in supporting the flag to which he belongs.
Baptist or a Muggletonian, and the best soldier whether he was a Wesleyan or an Irvingite.
He had explained it to me once, in his usual embarrassed dismissive way, but all the Muggletonians, and Ranters, and Behmenists, and members of the London Corresponding Society, confused me and seemed to become members of one vast sect or community.