Definition of genevan Genevan
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We found 9 definitions of genevan from 4 different sources.
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What does genevan mean?
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| genevan - a native or resident of Geneva | ||
| swiss, swiss people the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland | ||
| genevan - an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin | ||
| Calvinist, Genevan | ||
| necessitarian someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will | ||
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Wiktionary 
- genevan (Noun)
Someone from Geneva. - genevan (Noun)
A supporter of Genevanism. - genevan (Adjective)
From, or pertaining to, Geneva.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- genevan (a.)
Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese. - genevan (n.)
A native or inhabitant of Geneva. - genevan (n.)
A supported of Genevanism.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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genevan
jē-nē′van, adj. pertaining to Geneva.—n. an inhabitant of Geneva: an adherent of Genevan or Calvinistic theology.—adjs. and ns. Genē′van, Genevēse′.—n. Genē′vanism, Calvinism.—Geneva Bible, a version of the Bible with racy notes produced by English exiles at Geneva in 1560; Geneva Convention, an international agreement of 1865 providing for the neutrality of hospitals, and the security of sanitary officers, naval and military chaplains; Geneva Cross, a red cross on a white ground displayed for protection in war of persons serving in hospitals, &c.; Geneva gown, the dark, loose preaching gown affected by the early Geneva reformers, and still the common form of pulpit-gown among Presbyterians; Genevan theology, so called from Calvin's residence in Geneva and the establishment of his doctrines there
