Boulangism
noun
the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
Boulangist
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a word derived from
Boulangism.
Example Sentences
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A Jacquesist would follow and cover the Boulangist bill.
From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Arthur Warren
Whenever a Royalist candidate had a certainty of election, no Boulangist candidate was to contend against him.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Elizabeth Latimer
One of the 'working sub-prefects' of the Boulangist party in Picardy gave M. Fleury a very frank estimate of the expense of electing the General in 1888, in the Somme.
From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by William Henry Hurlbert
A Boulangist “movement” was now in full swing.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
Under the stress of the Boulangist panic, these same Republicans suddenly threw the scrutin de liste over again in 1889, to readopt and reimpose upon their beloved country the 'intolerable' evils of the scrutin d'arrondissement!
From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by William Henry Hurlbert
