Huguenot
pronunciation
How to pronounce Huguenot in British English:
UK [ˈhju:ɡənɔt]
How to pronounce Huguenot in American English:
US [ˈhjuɡəˌnɑt]
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- Noun:
- a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries
Word Origin
- Huguenot
- 1562, from Middle French Huguenot, according to French sources originally political, not religious. The name was applied in 1520s to Genevan partisans opposed to the Duke of Savoy (who joined Geneva to the Swiss Confederation), and it is probably an alteration of Swiss German Eidgenoss "confederate," from Middle High German eitgenoze, from eit "oath" + genoze "comrade" (related to Old English geneat "comrade, companion"). The form of the French word probably altered by association with Hugues Besançon, leader of the Genevan partisans. In France, applied generally to French Protestants because Geneva was a Calvinist center.
Example
- 1. Their first stop was germany , specifically gates 's huguenot house in kassel .
- 2. Admiral de coligny was the most respected huguenot leader .
- 3. In the huguenot troubles he sided with the more moderate .
- 4. Huguenot political party was formed in1573to fight for religious and civil liberties .
- 5. Caroline 's family were descended from three french huguenot brothers .