Ranter

See also: ranter

English

Noun

Ranter (plural Ranters)

1. (religion, historical) A member of an alleged sect in the time of the English Commonwealth (1649–1660) who were regarded as heretical by the established church.
2. (religion, historical, derogatory) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervour and zeal.

Related terms

• Ranterism

Anagrams

• Tarren, terran, Terran, errant, Ratner