Camisards
the title given to the Protestant insurgents in the Cévennes, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, from having worn their shirts over their dress by way of disguise, on the occasion of some nocturnal attacks.
Their principal leader, Cavalier, succeeded so far as to effect a capitulation in their favor with the French government. He subsequently entered the English service, and at his death was Governor of Jersey.