The Collaborative International Dictionary
Remonstrant \Re*mon"strant\ (-strant), a. [LL. remonstranc, -antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F. remontrant.] Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.
Remonstrant \Re*mon"strant\, n. One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.), one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See Arminian.
Wiktionary
a. Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something. n. One who remonstrates or issues remonstrances; One who formally protests, or issues such (usually written) protestations.
Usage examples of "remonstrant".
She turned away, and they went back to her mother, who gave Bernard a wonderful little look of half urgent, half remonstrant inquiry.
Pieter, now disused since the Remonstrants had fallen into such bad odour after the death of Olden Barneveld and the treachery of his sons.
Not to mention their bizarre notion of a 'universal franchise' and enough religious toleration to make a Remonstrant dizzy!
After the years of strife between the Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants in the United Provinces, he could see the benefits of such a system.