a member of the French Protestant Church, esp of the 16th and 17th cents
Huguenot adj
Huguenotic /-ʹnotik/ adj
Huguenotism /-notiz(ə)m/ noun
[French dialect huguenot adherent of a Swiss political movement, alteration (influenced by Besançon Hugues d.1532, Swiss political leader) of eidgnot from Swiss German Eidgnoss confederate, from Eid oath and Genoss associate]