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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Recusant \Re*cu"sant\, n.
     1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out
        stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The last rebellious recusants among the European
              family of nations.                    --De Quincey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Eng. Hist.) A person who refuses to acknowledge the
        supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman
        Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the
        pope. --Brande & C.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a
        nonconformist.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All that are recusants of holy rites. --Holyday.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Recusant \Re*cu"sant\ (-zat; 277), a.[L. recusans, -antis, p.
     pr. of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a
     cause, pretext: cf. F. r['e]cusant. See Cause, and cf.
     Ruse.]
     Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history,
     refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the
     churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church;
     as, a recusant lord.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It stated him to have placed his son in the household
           of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Recusant \Re*cu"sant\, n.
     1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out
        stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
  
              The last rebellious recusants among the European
              family of nations.                    --De Quincey.
  
     2. (Eng. Hist.) A person who refuses to acknowledge the
        supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman
        Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the
        pope. --Brande & C.
  
     3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a
        nonconformist.
  
              All that are recusants of holy rites. --Holyday.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Recusant \Re*cu"sant\ (-zat; 277), a.[L. recusans, -antis, p.
     pr. of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a
     cause, pretext: cf. F. r['e]cusant. See Cause, and cf.
     Ruse.]
     Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history,
     refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the
     churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church;
     as, a recusant lord.
  
           It stated him to have placed his son in the household
           of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  recusant
       adj 1: (of Catholics formerly) refusing to attend services of the
              Church of England [syn: dissentient]
       2: refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant
          electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary
          W.Williams
       n : someone who refuses to conform to established standards of
           conduct [syn: nonconformist] [ant: conformist]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  recusant
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la recūsō  3 p pres actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  recusant
     a.
     pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
     n.
     1 (lb en historical) Someone refusing to attend Church of England
  services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries.
     2 Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  recusant
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la recūsō  3 p pres actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  recusant
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la recūsō  3 p pres actv indc)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Recusant /ɹɪkjˈuːsənt/
  المتمرّد

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  recusant /ɹɪkjˈuːsənt/
  widerspenstig 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  recusant //ˈɹɛkjʊzənt// 
  niskoittelija
  one refusing to submit to authority

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  recusant /ɹɪkjˈuːsənt/
  1. (İng.) (tar.) resmi kiliseye gitmeyi reddeden (kimse)
  2. resmi kilise kanunlarına karşı gelen kimse. recusancy  boyun eğmeme.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "recusant":
     alienated, antiestablishment, at odds with, at variance with,
     breakaway, contrary, counter-culture, deviant, differing,
     disagreeing, disobedient, dissentient, dissenting, dissident,
     froward, in opposition, indisciplined, lawless, naughty,
     nonconformable, nonconforming, nonobservant, obstinate, opposing,
     recalcitrant, refractory, sectarian, sectary, self-willed,
     transgressive, unadaptable, unadjustable, uncompliant, uncomplying,
     unconforming, underground, undisciplined, unduteous, undutiful,
     unsubmissive, violative, wayward, willful
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 不服从权威的;
  n. 拒绝服从的人,规避国教的人;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 不服从权威的
     n. 拒绝服从的人,不服国教的人

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