calvinist

• Calvinist (archaic, superseded)

Borrowed from Middle French calviniste. Equivalent to Calvijn +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑl.viˈnɪst/

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• Hyphenation: cal‧vi‧nist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

calvinist m (plural calvinisten)

1. Calvinist, a follower of Calvinism [from 16th c.]
2. an orthodox Reformed Protestant, especially a confessional conservative (frequently with mostly negative connotations of dogmatism, narrowness, moralism but also suggesting thrift and industriousness) [from 19th c.]

• calvinisme
• calvinistisch

Borrowed from French calviniste.

calvinist m (plural calviniști)

1. Calvinist