Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.