huguenot means of, like or relating to Huguenotism or Huguenots. It carries an Arena rating of 1318, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, huguenot ranks #2,086 of 17,106 for Most Storied Words, #3,024 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #6,719 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #7,856 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words.
huguenot is pronounced /ˈhjuː.ɡə.nəʊ/.
Why “huguenot” is a great word
HUGUENOT — [Adjective, Noun] A member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France in the 16th and 17th centuries, or, adjectivally, of or relating to those believers and their cause. From French huguenot, of uncertain origin; likely from Swiss German Eidgenoss (“confederate, comrade of an oath”), via the dialectal form eiguenot. Unlike “Calvinist,” a broad theological category, or “Puritan,” a term bound to English strife, “Huguenot” evokes a specific French identity forged in civil war. It is the whisper of psalms behind shuttered windows, the glint of a sword worn for conscience, and the glimmer of salt-spray on a flight across the Channel—a name for what is carved from a nation, leaving its shape in absence.
Etymology
From French huguenot (“Huguenot”), of uncertain origin.
adj
- Of, like or relating to Huguenotism or Huguenots.
noun
- A member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th century.e.g.“The village was once well known for its paper-milling, founded by Huguenot immigrants in 1648, which produced high-quality hand-made paper until 1952.” — 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 178, about Eynsford:
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Words closest in meaning
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- huguenotism 71% match — The religion or doctrine of the Huguenots vs huguenot →
- camisard 57% match — One of the Huguenots of the Cévennes region of south-central France, who rose up against the persecutions which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. vs huguenot →
- puritan 53% match — A puritanical person. vs huguenot →
- muggletonian 53% match — A member of a small Protestant Christian sect most prominent in 17th- and 18th-century England. vs huguenot →
- protestant 53% match — Protesting. vs huguenot →
- remonstrant 52% match — One who remonstrates, or issues (usually formal and written) protestations. vs huguenot →
- anabaptist 51% match — A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism. vs huguenot →
- berengarian 50% match — A member of a protoprotestant religious sect that adhered to the views of Berengar of Tours, Archdeacon of Angers, and opposed several key Roman Catholic doctrines in the mid-eleventh century. vs huguenot →