Genevan

Genevan
/jeuh nee"veuhn/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to Geneva, Switzerland.
2. Calvinistic.
n.
3. a native or inhabitant of Geneva, Switzerland.
4. a Calvinist.
[1555-65; GENEV(A) + -AN]

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