Huguenot

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

/ ˈhyu gəˌnɒt or, often, ˈyu- /

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noun

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

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Origin of Huguenot

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, adjectiveHu·gue·not·ism, noun

Words nearby Huguenot

Hugin, Hugli, hug-me-tight, Hugo, Hugo, Victor, Huguenot, Huguenots, huh, Hu Han-min, Huhehot, huhu

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How to use Huguenot in a sentence

Hoping for some kind of employment, he appeals to Henry of Navarre, the provincial leader of the Huguenot faction in France.
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The du Pont family descended from Huguenot nobility in Burgundy, emigrating to the United States in 1800.
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"I would rather see him hanged and saved than living and a Huguenot," she answered, gloomily.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
You do not know what is passing in the provinces, we have been obliged at Lyons to kill a Huguenot who preached revolt.
Chicot the Jester|Alexandre Dumas, Pere

This orator was Gorenflot, recounting his journey to Lyons, and his duel in an inn with a dreadful Huguenot.
Chicot the Jester|Alexandre Dumas, Pere
If indeed it were from religious motives, it might do him some good—but he has no more religion than a Huguenot.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket|Honore de Balzac
But while he was away the Spaniards came by land to surprise the Huguenot settlement.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies|H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber

British Dictionary definitions for Huguenot

Huguenot

/ (ˈhjuːɡəˌnəʊ, -ˌnɒt) /

noun

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

adjective

designating the French Protestant Church

Derived forms of Huguenot

Huguenotic, adjectiveHuguenotism, noun

Word Origin for Huguenot

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

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