Camisard

[kam-uh-zahrd, kam-uh-zahrd; French ka-mee-zar]

noun

any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.

Origin of Camisard

1695–1705; < French, equivalent to camis- (< Provençal camisa shirt; see chemise) + -ard -ard

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Examples from the Web for camisard

At the same time he authorized the formation of a Camisard regiment for service in Spain under his command.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various
Suddenly, one of their divisions came upon the advanced Camisard sentinels.
The Huguenots in France|Samuel Smiles.
With nothing of the Camisard about him, he invincibly recalls one of those sunny, self-possessed sons of Provence.
The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century|Charles Bastide
The Camisard civil war which happened there, was not without its influence.
The Huguenots in France|Samuel Smiles.

His object in doing this was to deceive the Camisard leader, and to draw him into a trap.
The Huguenots in France|Samuel Smiles.