Camisard: Meaning and Definition of

Cam•i•sard

Pronunciation: (kam'u-zärd", kam"u-zärd' Fr. ka-mē-zar'), [key]
— n.
  1. any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
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