Feuillant
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Feuillant
from the convent of Notre Dame des Feuillants , where meetings were held
Example Sentences
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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)
Mayor Petion and Municipality may lean this way; Department-Directory with Procureur-Syndic Roederer having a Feuillant tendency, may lean that.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
By fortune and valour, she has extinguished Feuillantism itself, at least the Feuillant Club.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Feuillants all of these men: a Feuillant Directory; founding on high character, and such like; with Duke de la Rochefoucault for President,—a thing which may prove dangerous for him!
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Nay cockades themselves begin to be made of wool, of tricolor yarn: the riband-cockade, as a symptom of Feuillant Upper-class temper, is becoming suspicious.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
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