A member of the French Protestant rebel group in the Cévennes region during the early 1700s, or a supporter of religious freedom through armed resistance.
From French 'camisard' or 'camisart,' possibly derived from 'camise' (shirt) because they were simple-dressed fighters, or from Occitan roots; referring to the Camisards who fought in the War of the Camisards (1702-1710).
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