Huguenot definitions

hyo͝o'gə-nŏt'
A French Protestant of the 16th to 18th centuries.
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Any French Protestant of the 16th or 17th cent.
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(historical) A member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th century.
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Of, like or relating to Huguenotism or Huguenots.
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Origin of huguenot

From French huguenot (“Huguenot; also, a personal name and surname”), diminutive of Hugo, Hugon, Hugues, from Middle High German Hūg, Hūc (“Hugh, a man's name”), from Middle High German huge (“mind”), from Old High German hugu (“mind, thought”), from Proto-Germanic *huguz, *hugiz (“mind”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Old English hyge (“thought, mind, heart, disposition, intention, courage, pride”).

Sentence Examples

  • The boy's mother was of Huguenot descent.

  • 1578) was among the Huguenot leaders.

  • HUGH SWINTON LEGARE (1797-1843), American lawyer and statesman, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on the 2nd of January 1797, of Huguenot and Scotch stock.

  • The individuals among the American Quakers who laboured most earnestly and indefatigably on behalf of the Africans were John Woolman (1720-1773) and Anthony Benezet (1713-1784), the latter a son of a French Huguenot driven from France by the revocation of the edict of Nantes.

  • Under the protection of the edict the Huguenot Church of France flourished.

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