CAMISARD


Meaning of CAMISARD in English

/kam"euh zahrd', kam'euh zahrd"/ ; Fr. /kann mee zannrdd"/ , n.

any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.

[ 1695-1705; camis- (

camisa shirt; see CHEMISE) + -ard -ARD ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .