covenanter
/kuhv-uh-nuhn-ter; for 2 also Scots kuhv-uh-nan-ter/US // ˈkʌv ə nən tər; for 2 also Scots ˌkʌv əˈnæn tər //UK // (ˈkʌvənəntə, ˌkʌvəˈnæntə) //
契约者,契约人,签约者,签约人
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a person who makes a covenant.
- : Scottish History. a person who, by solemn agreement, pledged to uphold Presbyterianism, especially an adherent of the National Covenant or the Solemn League and Covenant.
Examples
It strengthened the Scottish Covenanter in the hour of trial, and the Puritan amid the snows of a strange land.
The patriot is a patriot still; and the covenanter is a covenanter still.
The result was a summons to Court for the repentant Covenanter.
Here we come upon the footsteps of Peden the Covenanter, who was born in this parish, and had his “cave” in the dell.
Scarcely less wide is the difference between the plate armour of an old English baron, and the simple cuirass of a covenanter!
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