Brewer's: Robinsonians

They were followers of John Robinson, of Leyden. The Brownists were followers of Robert Brown. The Brownists were most rigid separatists; the Robinsonians were only semi-separatists.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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