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Huguenot
[ hyoo-guh-notor, often, yoo- ]
noun
- a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant.
Huguenot
/ -ˌnɒt; ˈhjuːɡəˌnəʊ /
noun
- a French Calvinist, esp of the 16th or 17th centuries
adjective
- designating the French Protestant Church
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Derived Forms
- ˈHugueˌnotism, noun
- ˌHugueˈnotic, adjective
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Other Words From
- Hugue·notic adjective
- Hugue·not·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Huguenot1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Huguenot1
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Example Sentences
The du Pont family descended from Huguenot nobility in Burgundy, emigrating to the United States in 1800.
"I would rather see him hanged and saved than living and a Huguenot," she answered, gloomily.
You do not know what is passing in the provinces, we have been obliged at Lyons to kill a Huguenot who preached revolt.
This orator was Gorenflot, recounting his journey to Lyons, and his duel in an inn with a dreadful Huguenot.
If indeed it were from religious motives, it might do him some good—but he has no more religion than a Huguenot.
But while he was away the Spaniards came by land to surprise the Huguenot settlement.
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