Huguenot English · revision 1151

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈhjuː.ɡə.nəʊ/, /ˈhjuː.ɡə.nɒt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|huguenot]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) probably an alteration of Genevan dialect ''eiguenot'',^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate) from Swiss German ''Eidgenoss'' “confederate”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from [[gmh|eitgenōz]], [[af|gmh|eit|genōz|t1=oath|t2=comrade]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The form was probably influenced by the name of Hugues, a leader of the Genevan partisans.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) Etymonline notes that French etymologists have proposed many other origins.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A French Protestant of the Calvinist or Reformed church (1562 in Etymonline; 1565 in Barnhart, Merriam-Webster and the OED).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 1520s the name was given to the partisans in Geneva who opposed the Duke of Savoy and favoured union with the Swiss Confederation,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and was at first a political rather than a religious term.^(Etymonline) Because Geneva became a Calvinist centre, it was applied in France to Protestants in general.^(Etymonline) The adjective is from 1682.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1520s – Genevan partisans against the Duke of Savoy.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1562–65 – a French Protestant.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1682 – adjective.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A French [[Protestant]] of the [[Reformed]] or [[Calvinist]] church, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or relating to the Huguenots.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Huguenotic]]

+ * [[Huguenotism]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Calvinist]]

+ * [[oath]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}