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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. 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!