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recusant

Pronunciation: /ˈrɛkjʊz(ə)nt/
Definition of recusant

noun

  • a person who refuses to submit to an authority or to comply with a regulation.
  • historical a person who refused to attend services of the Church of England: support for the exiled King was greatest among Catholic recusants

adjective

  • of or denoting a recusant.

Derivatives

recusance

noun

recusancy

noun

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Latin recusant- 'refusing', from the verb recusare (see recuse)

recusant in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of recusant in the US English dictionary

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