Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [lowercase] One who joins in or subscribes to a resolution.
- noun One of a party in the Church of Scotland, in the seventeenth century, which approved the resolutions of the General Assembly admitting all except those of bad character, or hostile to the Covenant, to bear arms against Cromwell. See the quotation under Protester, 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who makes a
resolution ; one who joins with others in adeclaration or resolution. - noun A member of a
party in theChurch of Scotland in the 17th century.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Remember, even if you were not a "resolutioner" when you first joined, at some point, you were new too.
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He had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by his Most Sacred Majesty, and was sequestrated as a malignant by the parliament 1642, and afterwards as a resolutioner in the year 1648.
Chapter II 1917
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These two cross-grained epithets of malignant and resolutioner cost poor Sir Allan one half of the family estate.
Chapter II 1917
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These two cross-grained epithets of malignant and resolutioner cost poor Sir Allan one half of the family estate.
Guy Mannering 1815
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Most Sacred Majesty, and was sequestrated as a malignant by the parliament, 1642, and afterwards as a resolutioner in the year 1648. '
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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Most Sacred Majesty, and was sequestrated as a malignant by the parliament, 1642, and afterwards as a resolutioner in the year 1648. '
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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These two cross-grained epithets of malignant and resolutioner cost poor Sir Allan one half of the family estate.
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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These two cross-grained epithets of malignant and resolutioner cost poor Sir Allan one half of the family estate.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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He had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by His Most Sacred Majesty, and was sequestrated as a malignant by the parliament, 1642, and afterwards as a resolutioner in the year 1648. '
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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These two cross-grained epithets of malignant and resolutioner cost poor Sir Allan one half of the family estate.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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