recusant

5 synonyms for recusant, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — (history) A person who would not attend Church of England services from the 1500s to the early 1800s, whether a Catholic or a dissenting Protestant.

Synonyms

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

rebel

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

nonconformist dissenter objector protester

Synonyms by Meaning

1. noun

(history) A person who would not attend Church of England services from the 1500s to the early 1800s, whether a Catholic or a dissenting Protestant.

nonconformist dissenter

2. noun

A person who will not accept authority or the rules set for them.

objector protester rebel dissenter

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō ("to refuse, decline; to object to; to protest"). See recuse for more.

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