Brumaire

[ bry-mer ]

/ brüˈmɛr /

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noun

(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the second month of the year, extending from October 22 to November 20.

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Origin of Brumaire

<French, equivalent to brumebrume + -aire-ary

Words nearby Brumaire

bruise, bruiser, bruising, bruit, brulé, Brumaire, brumal, brumby, brume, brummagem, Brummell

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How to use Brumaire in a sentence

Six weeks after the victory of Zurich came the 18th Brumaire, and Napoleon's accession to the consulate.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
I have heard it said that it was he who saved Napoleon on the 18th Brumaire, and, in fact, I had heard him greatly praised.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835|Dorothy Duchesse de Dino
At the Revolution he was deported to La Guyane, and did not return until after the 18th brumaire.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835|Dorothy Duchesse de Dino
The identical caricature marks also the conditions under which the second edition of the eighteenth Brumaire is issued.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte|Karl Marx

This new and violent political change was rapidly followed by the same consequence as had attended that of Brumaire.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Brumaire

Brumaire

/ French (brymɛr) /

noun

the month of mist: the second month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from Oct 23 to Nov 21

Word Origin for Brumaire

C19: from brume mist, from Latin brūma winter; see brume

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