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Nonjuror
/nɒnˈdʒʊəɹə/
Someone who refuses to swear a particular oath, specifically a clergyman who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689.
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noun
- 1
Someone who refuses to swear a particular oath, specifically a clergyman who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689.
- 2
One who is not a juror.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| affidavit mannoun | (archaic or historical) A man who (in the 1700s or 1800s) loitered around courts, offering to bear false witness. |
| autem prickear | — |
| swearernoun | one who swears |
| break-vownoun | (obsolete, derogatory) An untrustworthy person; someone who habitually breaks vows and promises. |
| mounternoun | One who mounts. |
| autem cacklernoun | (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A married woman |
| knight of the postnoun | (obsolete, idiomatic) A known perjurer; a professional false witness. |
| jobsworthnoun | (chiefly British, derogatory, informal) A person who upholds trivial rules unnecessarily and obstructively in order to exercise their (typically minor) authority. |
| outlawnoun | A fugitive from the law. |
| torynoun | (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; historically associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church. |
| knobsticknoun | A stick with a rounded knob at the end. |
| scofflawnoun | (US) One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets). |
| ockerernoun | (obsolete, Scotland, especially law) A usurer. |
| snubbernoun | A device used to suppress ("snub") voltage transients in electrical systems, pressure transients in fluid systems, or excess force or rapid movement in mechanical systems. |
| scrupulistnoun | (obsolete) Someone who scruples; a scrupler. |
| autem bawlernoun | (slang, archaic, rare) A parson. |
| bailiffnoun | (law enforcement) An officer of the court, particularly: |
| abaanoun | (archaic, derogatory, British slang) Someone who is not a trade unionist. |
| arguidonoun | A person kept for questioning who is not a formal suspect and has certain rights that a witness or suspect would not have. |
| knocknobblernoun | (British) A person engaged by a church to eject unruly dogs and children from acts of worship. |
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