Huguenot

American

[hyoo-guh-not, yoo-] / ˈhyu gəˌnɒt, ˈyu- /

noun

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

Huguenot British

/ -ˌnɒt, ˈhjuːɡəˌnəʊ /

noun

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

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adjective

designating the French Protestant Church

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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

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