Seceder
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who secedes, such as from a country or organization
"But an express law included all these seceders in the general proscription; alledging, with a candour not usual, that those who assumed rank were, in fact, more criminal than such as were guilty of being born to it."
- 2 A follower of the 18th-century secession movement from the Church of Scotland. historical
- 3 A member of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. rare
Example
More examples"But an express law included all these seceders in the general proscription; alledging, with a candour not usual, that those who assumed rank were, in fact, more criminal than such as were guilty of being born to it."
Etymology
From secede + -er.
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