Huguenots, a name formerly given to the Protestants of France, presumed to be a corruption of the German word eingenossen, i.e. sworn confederates, the history of whom and their struggles and persecutions fills a large chapter in the history of France, a cause which was espoused at the first by many of the nobles and the best families in the country, but all along in disfavour at Court.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Hugo, Victor-Marie * Hull