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Huguenot

Huguenot

2 9.9
A French Protestant in the 1500s and 1600s who followed the ideas of John Calvin
  • noun
  • /ˈhjuːɡəˌnoʊ/
: hugonote
  • The problems of conversos in sixteenth-century Spain were nothing compared to the persecution of Huguenots in France.
  • French Huguenots
  • refugee Huguenots
  • Huguenots in France

It's changed to Burden by Calvin Burden, who has a Huguenot Protestant wife and friends.

Examples

  • The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

  • The great Protestant leader, the Admiral Coligny, head of the Huguenot party.

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

  • Several Huguenots opted out of the congregation and formed a popular religious movement.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The first Comte de Reynaud expelled all the radical Huguenots from this village.

    Chocolat (2000)

  • King Henry IV of France, who practiced Calvinism, became the token leader of the Huguenots in 1568.

    Blog text (26)

  • During the 16th century, many Huguenots fled France to escape religious persecution.

  • The Huguenots played a significant role in the religious conflicts in France during the Reformation.

  • As a proud Huguenot, she often spoke about her ancestors' struggles for religious freedom.

Synonyms

Calvinist
vsHuguenot
6 7.5

A person who follows the religious teachings of John Calvin

is the French group concentrated in the 16th and 17th centuries

Surface Forms

Huguenot singular
Huguenots plural

Etymology

Huguenot may come from the name Hugues or from a word used for Swiss allies that meant 'oath-fellow'. Either way, the name came to mean a French Protestant who belonged to a united group of believers in the 16th and 17th centuries.