huguenot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries

WordNet

Hu"gue*not noun
Etymology
F., properly a dim. of Hugues. The name is probably derived from the Christian name (Huguenot) of some person conspicuous as a reformer.
Definitions
  1. (Eccl. Hist.) A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.

Webster 1913