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Huguenots
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Definition: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.Rev. James Wood. The Nuttall Encyclopedia (1907)*he likely means "Eidgenossen". "Eid" means oath and "Genossen" means comrades.---a French opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most popular and spectacular examples of the style of grand opera. In five acts, to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps, it premiered in Paris in 1836.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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The citizens always took up arms readily against thieves, wolves or scoundrels, often against nobles or Huguenots, sometimes against the king, but never against the cardinal or Spain.
Pere Alexandre Dumas. The Three Musketeers
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he wanted to jump up, to bang something on the floor, and to burst into loud abuse; but then he remembered that his doctor had absolutely forbidden him all excitement, so he got up, and making an effort to control himself, began whistling a tune from “Les Huguenots.”
Anton Chekhov. The Party and other stories
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