HUGUENOT

[Hu.gue.not] n [MF, alter. of MF dial. eyguenot, adherent of a Swiss political movement, fr. G dial. Eidgnosse confederate] (1565): a member of the French Reformed communion esp. of the 16th and 17th centuries -- Hu.gue.not.ic adj -- Hu.gue.not.ism n