ˈhyügəˌnät sometimes -nȯt, +V usu -äd. or -ȯd.: sometimes -nō noun
( plural huguenots -äts, -ȯts, -ō(z))
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle French, from (Geneva dialect) huguenot Genevan partisan of an alliance with Fribourg and Bern as a means of preventing annexation by Savoy, alteration (after Besançon Hugues died 1532 leader of the movement in Geneva to prevent annexation by Savoy) of eidgnot, from German (Swiss dialect) eidgnoss confederate, from Middle High German eitgenōz, from eit oath (from Old High German eid ) + genōz comrade, from Old High German ginōz: akin to Old High German niozzan to use, enjoy — more at oath , neat
: a French Protestant in the 16th and 17th centuries : a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion
• hu·gue·not·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|nä]d.]ik, -nȯ], ]t], ]ēk adjective , usually capitalized