Huguenot

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Huguenot \Hu"gue*not\, n. [F., properly a dim. of Hugues. The
     name is probably derived from the Christian name (Huguenot)
     of some person conspicuous as a reformer.] (Eccl. Hist.)
     A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in
     France in the 16th century.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Huguenot
       n : a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Huguenot, NY
    Zip code(s): 12746