See Also: Huntingdonian(dictionary)

nom de guerre (iou) and Huntingdonian (iou)


nom de guerre (iou)



nom de guerre noun phr. Pl. noms de guerre (pronounced same). L17.
[French = war-name.]
An assumed name under which a person fights or engages in some Other action or enterprise.

Huntingdonian (iou)



Huntingdonian adjective & noun. L18.
[from Huntingdon (see below) + -IAN.]
(A person) belonging to the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, a Calvinistic Methodist sect founded by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon (1707-91).