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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dissentient  \Dis*sen"tient\,  a.  [L.  dissentiens,  p.  pr  of 
  dissentire.  See  {Dissent},  v.  i.] 
  Disagreeing;  declaring  dissent;  dissenting.  --  n.  One  who 
  dissents.  --Macaulay. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  dissentient 
  adj  1:  (of  Catholics  formerly)  refusing  to  attend  services  of  the 
  Church  of  England  [syn:  {recusant}] 
  2:  disagreeing,  especially  with  a  majority  [syn:  {dissenting(a)}, 
  {dissident}] 

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