Dissident \Dis"si*dent\, a. [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.]

No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.

Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. --Robynson (More's Utopia).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Dissident \Dis"si*dent\, n. (Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidenc? as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical usurpation. --I. Taylor.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)