Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A term of reproach applied to those Swiss Calvinists who, about 1818, separated from the state church and maintained a strict Calvinistic theology and Methodistic discipline.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical, derogatory A
strict Calvinist inSwitzerland ,France , or some parts ofGermany , in the early part of the 19th century.
Etymologies
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French, from Old French momer, mommer, to mum, to mask oneself.
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