protestant

1. 1.

   of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism

   “Protestant churches”

   “a Protestant denomination”

   religion

2. 2.

   protesting

   Similarcomplaining

Other forms of protestant

plural

protestants·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about protestant

What does protestant mean?

protestant means "an adherent of Protestantism". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in protestant?

protestant has 3 syllables: pro-te-stant. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑtəstənt/.

What is another word for protestant?

Close synonyms include Protestant Church. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is protestant a common word?

protestant is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.