How do you use Huguenot in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like calvinist or genevan, plus the exact meaning.
Huguenot meaning
A member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th century.
Using Huguenot
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th century.
- Useful related words include: calvinist, genevan.
- In the example corpus, huguenot often appears in combinations such as: french huguenot, the huguenot, huguenot and.
Context around Huguenot
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Huguenot
- In this selection, "huguenot" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, french, protestant, themselves, jean, writers and street stand out and add context to how "huguenot" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also a huguenot refugee and being a huguenot and forced. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "huguenot" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with huguenot
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His father was a Huguenot, born outside Bordeaux, France. (9 words)
He kept close to the Huguenot scene, due to his ancestry. (11 words)
Huguenot writers later accused Catherine of murdering her with poisoned gloves. (11 words)
But the town also offers plenty for the grown-ups, too: the Huguenot Street Historic District is a well preserved group of 18th century stone houses and a church that were built by, you guessed it, Huguenot settlers. (38 words)
As many of the planters on Martinique were themselves Huguenot, and who were sharing in the suffering under the harsh strictures of the Revocation, they began plotting to emigrate from Martinique with many of their recently arrived brethren. (38 words)
Each of these oak trees was cultivated from acorns collected from the same tree that had germinated from one of the six acorns that French Huguenot Jean Gardiol had brought to South Africa in 1688 from France. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
But the town also offers plenty for the grown-ups, too: the Huguenot Street Historic District is a well preserved group of 18th century stone houses and a church that were built by, you guessed it, Huguenot settlers.
Each of these oak trees was cultivated from acorns collected from the same tree that had germinated from one of the six acorns that French Huguenot Jean Gardiol had brought to South Africa in 1688 from France.
The Huguenot torte may have faded from the modern culinary traditions of Charleston, but some groups still keep the tradition of this sticky sweet cake alive.
Here we meet “34-year-old farmer Thomas Clarke, his 24-year-old sister Sarah, their 28-year-old enslaved woman Susannah, and 19-year-old French Huguenot farmhand David de la Force.
His father was a Huguenot, born outside Bordeaux, France.
John Andre was born in London in 1750 to French Protestant (Huguenot) parents.
Among James Monroe's ancestors were French Huguenot immigrants, who came to Virginia in 1700.
Andre’s son John married Hester (or Esther) Grasset, also a Huguenot refugee.
As many of the planters on Martinique were themselves Huguenot, and who were sharing in the suffering under the harsh strictures of the Revocation, they began plotting to emigrate from Martinique with many of their recently arrived brethren.
At the age of fifty-nine, she embarked on an eighteen-month journey around the south of France to meet Huguenot leaders face to face.
At the request of Conde, Beza visited all Huguenot cities to obtain both.
Catherine and her advisers expected a Huguenot uprising to avenge the attack on Coligny.
Catherine now rallied both Huguenot and Catholic forces to retake Le Havre from the English.
During this period he used the pseudonym "James Willington" (the name of a fellow student at Trinity) to publish his 1758 translation of the autobiography of the Huguenot Jean Marteilhe.
He kept close to the Huguenot scene, due to his ancestry.
He was descended from the French Huguenot Jacques Cossart, who came to New Amsterdam in 1662. citation Her mother, Katherine Kelso Johnston, came from a banking family.
His epitaph was written by his grandson Henry Stephanus.sfn Conrad confessed to being a Huguenot and forced to flee to Calvinist Geneva in 1549.
Huguenot massacre medal After the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacres of Huguenots in France in 1572, Pope Gregory celebrated a Te Deum mass.
Huguenot writers branded Catherine a scheming Italian, who had acted on Machiavelli 's principles to kill all enemies in one blow.
Huguenot writers later accused Catherine of murdering her with poisoned gloves.
Common combinations with huguenot
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: