Vendean

American  

[ven-dee-uhn, vahn-dey-] / vɛnˈdi ən, vɑ̃ˈdeɪ- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Vendée or its inhabitants.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the Vendée, especially one who participated in the royalist revolt in 1793.

Etymology

Origin of Vendean

1790–1800; Vendée ( def. ) + -an

Example Sentences

One Vendean, surrounded and summoned to give up his arms, cried: "First give me back my God."

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

Even if the old Vendean soldier, the châtelain of Fossé, took little care of his estate, she said that his constant kindness made everything easy and his original turn of mind made everything amusing.

From In Château Land by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth

Get up, my good fellow," Cathelineau said; "I am but a Vendean peasant, like yourself.

From No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee by Wood, Stanley L.

Some men, in disguise, were brought into the Vendean lines.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

Some of the Vendean leaders persevered in resistance until May, and even after their submission the peace was ill observed, for the Royalists hearkened to the solicitations of the princes and their advisers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various