"recusant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹɛkjʊzənt/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”). See recuse. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|recūsans|recūsans, recūsāntis}} Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, {{m|la|recūsō||I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest}} recūsō (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”) Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} recusant
  1. pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
    Sense id: en-recusant-en-adj-mqmTfpmj

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛkjʊzənt/ Forms: recusants [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”). See recuse. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|recūsans|recūsans, recūsāntis}} Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, {{m|la|recūsō||I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest}} recūsō (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} recusant (plural recusants)
  1. (historical) Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-recusant-en-noun-pU5QywbE Disambiguation of People: 0 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 78 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 87 12
  2. Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation. Translations (one refusing to submit to authority): niskoittelija (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-recusant-en-noun-Ahk3dtW9 Disambiguation of 'one refusing to submit to authority': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: refusenik Related terms: recuse, recusancy

Inflected forms

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