Camisard

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Camisard (plural Camisards)

1. (historical) 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.

References

• “Camisard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• macarids