dis·sent·er /dɪˈsentə $ -ər/ noun [countableC] 1 a person or organization that disagrees with an official decision or accepted opinion 〔对官方决定或公认观点〕持异议者,持不同意见者 Political dissenters were imprisoned. 持不同政见者遭到监禁。
2. (also Dissenter) someone in the past who did not accept the beliefs of the established Protestant church in Western Europe 〔旧时西欧的〕不信奉新教者,不顺从新教者 SYN non-conformist