Huguenot
/ˈhjuːgənɒt/noun
- a French Protestant of the 16th-17th centuries. Largely Calvinist, the Huguenots suffered severe persecution at the hands of the Catholic majority, and many thousands emigrated from France.胡格诺派（16-17世纪法国新教徒, 主要是加尔文教徒, 因受天主教多数派的严重迫害, 数千人离开法国）。
词源
French, alteration （by association with the name of a Geneva burgomaster, Besançon Hugues） of eiguenot, from Dutch eedgenot, from Swiss German Eidgenoss 'confederate', from Eid 'oath'+Genoss 'associate'.