Meaning of Huguenot in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  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

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