(often lowercase) a member or supporter of the Commune of 1871.
(lowercase) a person who lives in a commune.
From French, dating back to 1870–75; see origin at commune 2, -ard
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Less successful than Hamza, the former Communard was the second celebrity to be voted off that year.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2022
He also notes that fear played a large role among those Parisians who helped the Versaillais, especially as exaggerated rumors circulated about Communard killing and destruction.
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2015
In Paris, a left-wing Communard government, protected by the National Guard, rose up and seized power, and for about two months that spring tried to rule on radical principles.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014
What united the Communard front wasn’t economic theory, or even socialism; it was anti-clericalism.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014
Quinet betook himself much to the obscure cheese shops and cafés in the quarters of the people, and ate and chatted with such villains that I called him "The Communard."
From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)
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