Huguenot
Hu·gue·not (hyo̵̅o̅′gə nät′)
noun
Etymology: MFr, orig., supporter of group in Geneva opposing annexation to Savoy: altered (after Hugues Besançon, leader of the group) < earlier eidgnot < Ger eidgenosse, a confederate, ally: name later applied to Protestants in reference to the Calvinist Reformation in Geneva
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