GENEVAN

• GENEVAN (noun)
  The noun GENEVAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or resident of Geneva
2. an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin

  Familiarity information: GENEVAN used as a noun is rare.

• GENEVAN (noun)

Meaning:

A native or resident of Geneva

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Genevan" is a kind of...):

Swiss; Swiss people (the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland)

Holonyms ("Genevan" is a member of...):

Geneva; Geneve; Genf (a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations)

Meaning:

An adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Calvinist; Genevan

Hypernyms ("Genevan" is a kind of...):

necessitarian (someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Genevan"):

Huguenot (a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries)