Meaning of Huguenot in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈhjuɡəˌnɑt/

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1. Noun

   Huguenot

   Etymology

   French, alteration (by association with the name of a Geneva burgomaster, Besançon Hugues) of eiguenot, from Dutch eedgenot, from Swiss German Eidgenoss‘confederate’, from Eid‘oath’ + Genoss‘associate’

   Definitions

   1. a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries