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An adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss
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hussite
Word definitions for hussite in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hussite \Huss"ite\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, follower of John Huss, Bohemian religious reformer burnt in 1415. His name is an abbreviation of the name of his native village, Husinec , literally "goose-pen."
Usage examples of hussite.
Disliking the Hussites, Breslau placed itself under the protection of Pope Pius II.
Such have been the Hussites of Bohemia and the Calvinists of France, and such, in the ninth century, were the Paulicians of Armenia and the adjacent provinces.