Communard
noun
a member or supporter of the Commune of 1871.
Communard
American
[kom-yuh-nahrd]
/ ˈkɒm yəˌnɑrd /
noun
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(often lowercase) a member or supporter of the Commune of 1871.
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(lowercase) a person who lives in a commune.
Communard
1
British
/ ˈkɒmjʊˌnɑːd /
noun
communard
2
British
/ ˈkɒmjʊˌnɑːd /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Communard
From French, dating back to 1870–75; see origin at commune 2, -ard
Example Sentences
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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
But the not-to-be-bribed Communard put his hand on his heart, and said, in a tone worthy of Delsarte, "Nous sommes des honnêtes gens, Monsieur," at which my father-in-law permitted himself to smile.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
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