Huguenot

[ hyoo-guh-not or, often, yoo- ]

noun
  1. a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant.

Origin of Huguenot

1
1555–65; <French, perhaps blend of Hugues (name of a political leader in Geneva) and eidgenot, back formation from eidgenots, Swiss variant of German Eidgenoss confederate, literally, oath comrade

Other words from Huguenot

  • Hu·gue·not·ic, adjective
  • Hu·gue·not·ism, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for Huguenot

Huguenot

/ (ˈhjuːɡəˌnəʊ, -ˌnɒt) /


noun
  1. a French Calvinist, esp of the 16th or 17th centuries

adjective
  1. designating the French Protestant Church

Origin of Huguenot

1
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

Derived forms of Huguenot

  • Huguenotic, adjective
  • Huguenotism, noun

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