camisard - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'camisard' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Camisard

[ n.]

- One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore.

Nearby Words:

cam camaieu camail camarasaurus camarilla camass camber cambered cambering camberkeeled

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