Dis'si-dent1, a.
a. [Lat. dissidens, p. pr. of dissidere, to sit apart, to disagree, from prefix dis and sedere, to sit; Fr. dissident.] Not agreeing; dissenting.
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Dis'si-dent2, n.
n. (Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidence as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical usurpation. I. Taylor.