HUGUENOT

[ 'hju:gənəʊ , -nɒt ]

■ noun a French Protestant of the 16th–17th centuries.

Origin

Fr., alt. (by assoc. with the name of a Geneva burgomaster, Besançon Hugues ) of eiguenot , from Du. eedgenot , from Swiss Ger. Eidgenoss 'confederate'.