huguenot

[US]/'hju:ɡənɔt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. um membro do grupo religioso hugenote
adj. relacionado ao grupo religioso hugenote

Real-world Examples

His family was of French Huguenot stock, and was said to have been in South Africa since the 1760s.

Sua família era de origem francesa huguenote e dizia-se que estava na África do Sul desde a década de 1760.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

Hamilton's mother was Rachel Facuette, the daughter of a French Huguenot physician and an Englishwoman.

A mãe de Hamilton era Rachel Facuette, filha de um médico huguenote francês e uma inglesa.

Source: Character Profile

Before John's eighth birthday, he was sent to school in nearby New Rochelle, where he received lessons from a Huguenot schoolmaster Peter Stoupe for three years.

Antes do oitavo aniversário de John, ele foi enviado para a escola em New Rochelle, nas proximidades, onde recebeu aulas de um professor huguenote Peter Stoupe por três anos.

Source: Character Profile

Run out of France with the Huguenots, run out of England with the Cavaliers, run out of Scotland with Bonnie Prince Charlie, run out of Haiti by the niggers and now licked by the Yankees.

Fugiram da França com os Huguenotes, fugiram da Inglaterra com os Cavaleiros, fugiram da Escócia com Bonnie Prince Charlie, fugiram do Haiti pelos negros e agora subjugados pelos Yankees.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Peter Jay's father, Auguste, was a French Huguenot who fled from religious persecution in his native country across the Atlantic to North America, eventually settling in New York City where he adopted the name Augustus Jay and became a prosperous merchant.

O pai de Peter Jay, Auguste, era um huguenote francês que fugiu da perseguição religiosa em seu país natal através do Atlântico para a América do Norte, eventualmente se estabelecendo em Nova York, onde adotou o nome Augustus Jay e se tornou um comerciante próspero.

Source: Character Profile

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