Communard

American  

[kom-yuh-nahrd] / ˈkɒm yəˌnɑrd /

noun

1. (often lowercase) a member or supporter of the Commune of 1871.

2. (lowercase) a person who lives in a commune.

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Communard ¹ British  

/ ˈkɒmjʊˌnɑːd /

noun

1. any person who participated in or supported the Paris Commune formed after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871

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communard ² British  

/ ˈkɒmjʊˌnɑːd /

noun

1. a member of a commune

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Etymology

Origin of Communard

From French, dating back to 1870–75; commune ², -ard

Example Sentences

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

But parallel stories about a Communard pétroleuse being caught with fuse lines in her pocket are rejected, perhaps rightly, as incredible.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014

There were almost none on the Communard side who went to church.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014

The Communard chiefs were revolutionaries of every sect, who, disagreeing on governmental and economic principles, were united in their vague but perpetual hostility to the existing order of things.

From British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by Barker, J. Ellis