a French Calvinist, esp of the 16th or 17th centuries
adjective
2.
designating the French Protestant Church
Derived forms
Huguenotic (ˌHugueˈnotic)
adjective
Huguenotism (ˈHugueˌnotism)
noun
Word origin
C16: from French, from Genevan dialect eyguenot one who opposed annexation by Savoy, ultimately from Swiss German Eidgenoss confederate; influenced by Hugues, surname of 16th-century Genevan burgomaster