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vaudois
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vaudois has 1 sense
- vaudois(n = noun.group) waldenses - a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century; Array is a kind of religious order, religious sect, sect
CIDE DICTIONARY
vaudois, n. sing. & pl. [F.].
- An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud. [1913 Webster]
- A modern name of the Waldenses. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vaudois, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. same)
1 a native of Vaud in W. Switzerland.
2 the French dialect spoken in Vaud.
--adj. of or relating to Vaud or its dialect.
--n. (pl. same)
1 a native of Vaud in W. Switzerland.
2 the French dialect spoken in Vaud.
--adj. of or relating to Vaud or its dialect.
vaudois, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. same) a member of the Waldenses.
--adj. of or relating to the Waldenses.
--n. (pl. same) a member of the Waldenses.
--adj. of or relating to the Waldenses.
Etymology
F, repr. med.L Valdensis: see WALDENSES
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