Feuillant

British  

/ fœjɑ̃ /

noun

1. French history a member of a club formed in 1791 by Lafayette advocating a limited constitutional monarchy: forced to disband in 1792 as the revolution became more violent and antimonarchical

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Etymology

Origin of Feuillant

from the convent of Notre Dame des Feuillants , where meetings were held

Example Sentences

The Feuillant ministry fell with the King, and an executive council composed of radicals took its place.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

By fortune and valour, she has extinguished Feuillantism itself, at least the Feuillant Club.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

But the political tergiversations of Barrère, a man of noble birth, and who was a royalist Feuillant before the 10th of August, did not countenance his assuming this imperious and inflexible tone.

From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)

A party of these latter, with Captains, with sundry Feuillant Notabilities, Moreau de Saint-Mery of the three thousand orders, and others, have been dining, much more respectably, in a Tavern hard by.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Yet he was so helpless that he had to call the Feuillant nominee, Count Louis de Narbonne, his own natural cousin, to the ministry of war.

From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)