Huguenot

Hu·gue·not

H0316100 (hyo͞o′gə-nŏt′)n. A French Protestant of the 16th to 18th centuries.

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[French, from Old French huguenot, member of a Swiss political movement, alteration (influenced by Bezanson Hugues (c. 1491-1532?), Swiss political leader) of dialectal eyguenot, from German dialectal Eidgenosse, confederate, from Middle High German eitgenōz : eit, oath (from Old High German eid) + genōz, companion (from Old High German ginōz).]

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Hu′gue·not′ic adj.Hu′gue·not′ism n.

Huguenot

(ˈhjuːɡəˌnəʊ; -ˌnɒt) n (Historical Terms) a French Calvinist, esp of the 16th or 17th centuriesadj (Protestantism) designating the French Protestant Church[C16: from French, from Genevan dialect eyguenot one who opposed annexation by Savoy, ultimately from Swiss German Eidgenoss confederate; influenced by Hugues, surname of 16th-century Genevan burgomaster] ˌHugueˈnotic adj ˈHugueˌnotism n

Hu•gue•not

(ˈhyu gəˌnɒt or, often, ˈyu-)

n. a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; French Protestant. [1555–65; < French, perhaps b. Hugues (name of a political leader in Geneva) and eidgenot, back formation from eidgenots, Swiss variant of German Eidgenoss confederate, literally, oath comrade] Hu`gue•not′ic, adj. Hu′gue•not•ism, n.

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Huguenot - a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuriesCalvinist, Genevan - an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin

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