Huguenot (Noun)
Meaning
A French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Huguenot refugees fled to England to escape persecution in Catholic France during the 17th century.
- As a Huguenot, he was forced to worship in secret, hiding his Protestant faith from the Catholic authorities.
- The Huguenot community in La Rochelle was known for its skilled craftsmen and traders.
- After the Edict of Nantes was revoked, many Huguenots were forced to choose between exile or conversion to Catholicism.
- The Huguenot pastor was arrested and imprisoned for leading a Protestant service in a private home.