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Huguenot

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Hu·gue·not  (hyg-nt)
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 eitgenz : eit, oath (from Old High German eid) + genz, companion (from Old High German ginz).]
Hugue·notic adj.
Hugue·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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.HuguenotHuguenot - a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries
Calvinist, Genevan - an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin
Translations
Huguenot [ˈhjuːgənəʊ]
A. ADJ → hugonote
B. N → hugonote/a m/f
Huguenot
adj → hugenottisch
n → Hugenotte m, → Hugenottin f


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Percerin being saved, made, out of gratitude, some beautiful black bodices, very inexpensively indeed, for Queen Catherine, who ended by being pleased at the preservation of a Huguenot people, on whom she had long looked with detestation.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
" Observe that the word "religione" was suffered to stand in the text of the Testina, being used to signify indifferently every shade of belief, as witness "the religion," a phrase inevitably employed to designate the Huguenot heresy.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
Upon the gay-papered wall were those pictures that pursue the homeless one from house to house--The Huguenot Lovers, The First Quarrel, The Wedding Breakfast, Psyche at the Fountain.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
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