Huguenot (redirected from Huguenots)

Hu·gue·not  (hyg-nt)

n.

A French Protestant of the 16th and 17th centuries.

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[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).]

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Hugue·notic adj.

Hugue·notism n.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Huguenot - 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