Hu·gue·not (hy  g -n t )n. A French Protestant of the 16th and 17th centuries. [French, from Old French huguenot, member of a Swiss political movement, alteration (influenced by Bezanson Hugues (c. 1491-1532?), Swiss political leader) of dialectal eyguenot, from German dialectal Eidgenosse, confederate, from Middle High German eitgen  z : eit, oath (from Old High German eid) + genz, companion (from Old High German ginz).]Hu gue·notic adj.Hu gue·notism n. |
Huguenot [ˈhjuːgəˌnəʊ -ˌnɒt]
n
(Historical Terms) a French Calvinist, esp of the 16th or 17th centuries
adj
(Christianity / Protestantism) designating the French Protestant Church
[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]
Huguenotic adj
Huguenotism n
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