protestant Definition

any of a group of German princes and cities presenting a defense of freedom of conscience against an edict of the Diet of Speyer in 1529 intended to suppress the Lutheran movement

a member of any of several church denominations denying the universal authority of the Pope and affirming the Reformation principles of justification by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, and the primacy of the Bible as the only source of revealed truth; broadly : a Christian not of a Catholic or Eastern church

one who makes or enters a protest

of or relating to Protestants, their churches, or their religion

making or sounding a protest

an ethic that stresses the virtue of hard work, thrift, and self-discipline