English Explanatory Dictionary

Camisard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Camisard Camisards

Etymology

French, from the peasant's smock or camise which they wore.

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