Sentence examples for staunch dissenter from inspiring English sources
When the Roman Catholic James II ascended the throne in 1685, Defoe as a staunch Dissenter and with characteristic impetuosity joined the ill-fated rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth, managing to escape after the disastrous Battle of Sedgemoor.
Ms. Gouge, the dissenter in the Carroll County Commission, said some of the staunchest supporters of antisprawl measures had been the farmers themselves.
As I show in my book, a staunch party member could walk free after telling a joke, whereas a known "dissenter" was executed for exactly the same quip.
In 1701 he entered Parliament, where he soon won a reputation by his superb oratory and his support of partisan Tory measures, including attacks on the previous Whig ministry and on the Protestant Dissenters, the Whigs' staunchest allies.
Political views: Staunch contrarian.
We became staunch friends.
Staunch Labour Party supporter.
The dissenter was W. Heywood Fralin.
The N.F.L. was staunch establishment.
But a vocal dissenter emerged.
